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Oki 5300n Printer User Manual

1. re Printing preferences in Windows applications Secure printing feature 008 Sending the document to print CONTENTS gt 3 9 10 10 11 12 lt 13 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 19 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 24 26 26 27 29 29 30 32 32 32 32 35 35 Proof and print feature ee cece eee ee eee eee 37 Sending the document to print 37 Store to Hard DiSk eee ec eee eee eee eee 38 Sending the document to print 38 Colour Printing ccc ccc cece eee eens 40 Choosing a Colour Matching Method 40 Matching Photographic Images 40 Matching Specific Colours 00 eee ee eee 41 Printing Vivid Colours cee ce eee cece eee 41 PGE DIYS oesie gs ogee cael ene ipo as SER 42 Accessing the colour Matching Options 42 Setting the colour matching options 43 Using the Colour Swatch feature 44 PostScript Drives sses cer anon cece ee eee eens 45 Colour Matching Options e ee eee 45 PostScript Colour Matching ee eee 46 CMY
2. Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 182 INSTALLING UPGRADES This section explains how to install optional equipment into your printer This includes gt duplex two sided printing unit gt additional RAM memory gt 10GB hard disk drive DUPLEX UNIT The duplex unit adds the function of two sided printing using less paper and making large documents easier to handle It also enables booklet printing which uses even less paper and makes large documents even easier to handle NOTE The duplex unit requires an additional 64MB memory upgrade The duplex unit slides straight into the rear of the printer and requires no tools to install 1 Unpack the new unit and remove any transit material from it 2 Switch the printer off It is not necessary to disconnect the AC power cable 3 Ensure that the unit is the right way up as shown and push it into the slot behind the rear panel The panel will swing inwards as you push the unit into it Push the unit all the way in until it stops and latches home LUM Ant m INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 183 Switch the printer on and wait for it to warm up about 1 minute Print a menu map as follows a Press the button to access the Information Menu b Press ENTER once for the menu map c Press ENTER again to pri
3. CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 194 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes 6 Repeat this removal procedure for each of the four image drum units 7 Look into the printer to check whether any sheets of paper are visible on any part of the belt unit y y 3 ieee etal i z H Se 4g Fy gt To remove a sheet with its leading edge at the front of the belt 1 carefully lift the sheet from the belt and pull it forwards into the internal drum cavity and withdraw the sheet CAUTION Do not use any sharp or abrasive objects to separate sheets from the belt This may damage the belt surface CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 195 gt To remove a sheet from the central area of the belt 2 carefully separate the sheet from the belt surface and withdraw the sheet I s e HH NOH ar gt To remove a sheet just entering the fuser 3 separate the trailing edge of the
4. Edit Gamma Curve Output Gamma Curve Name gt 100 e Dan ovo re O M t iz Ocan O Magenta Q Yelow Black 20 0 g 0 20 40 60 80 100 Input 30 E m oo ome Gamma alue Gamma Setting so 60 MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 99 Tips on Adjusting Colour To adjust the entire image using a particular colour as a reference manually enter the desired values in the text fields For example if you print a red colour composed of the following values 10 cyan 90 magenta 80 yellow and 5 black You decide that it needs 5 more magenta and 3 less yellow This means you would need to enter the following new values manually For magenta 90 5 extra 95 For yellow 80 3 less 77 Enter these new values in the text fields replacing the current values change 90 95 for magenta and change 80 77 for yellow This can be used to help compensate for dot gain if proofing for later output to press If you are adjusting based on RGB values To make the entire image redder increase cyan To make the entire image bluer increase yellow To make the entire image greener increase magenta Similarly you can eliminate tints on your printouts To reduce a red tint decrease cyan To reduce a blue tint decrease yellow To reduce a green tint decrease magenta MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 100 You will not be able to save a gamma adjustment if The gamma a
5. By selecting the More Options Tab you can flip the paper either on its long edge or short edge when printing double sided pages duplex unit required The printer driver contains extensive online help for these items to help you make the most appropriate choices WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 33 PCL Emulation When you click the Properties button from your application s Print dialogue the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document 1 Paper size should be PCL on LPT Properties KE the same as the page e mam size of your document 1 s mE unless you wish to 2 scale the printout to fit another size and a a Standard z should also be the apt same as the size of eee None z paper you will feed Diver Sings into the printer cH A4 210x297 mm 2 You can choose the diet eet 6 source of the paper to CJ ces _ sey feed which may be Tray 1 the standard paper tray Tray 2 if you have the optional 2nd paper tray installed or the multi purpose feeder You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray 3 A variety of document finishing options can be selected such as normal one page per sheet or N up where N can be any number up to 16 for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet Booklet printing prints two pages per sheet on each side of th
6. SS See 2 Preview Save As PDF f Cancel Print 5 Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees MAC OS X gt 121 OPERATIONS This section deals with printing options It does not attempt to cover all the options that might occur but rather the typical printing operations that can benefit from detailed descriptions The settings selected here are document specific only meaning the setting selected will apply only to the current print job COLLATING Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However installing an HDD will achieve greater performance If the software application being used has a collate print option it is recommended to use only one collate option to prevent any conflicts in printing i e collate from the software application or collate from the printer driver The following instructions explain how to select collating using a printer driver To access first select your desired printer from an application using File Print 1 The Copies amp Pages dialogue box should already be displayed If not then select Copies amp Pages from the menu 2 From the General screen click the button next to Collate to enable the function Copies amp Pages a Copies pi W Collated Pages All OFfrom 1 to 1 MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET To access first select your desired printer
7. 400 x 528 x 330mm Wx D xH 25Kg 12 pages per minute colour 20 pages per minute monochrome 600dpi or 600 x 1200dpi PostScript 3 PCL 5c HP GL PCL XL Epson FX IBM Pro Printer III XL Auto registration Auto density adjustment Auto consumable counter reset 64MB standard upgradable to 128MB 192MB or 320MB 300 sheets in main tray 530 sheets in optional 2nd tray 100 sheets in multipurpose tray or 50 transparencies or 10 envelopes 60 120g m in main tray 60 176g m in 2nd tray 60 203g m 2 in multipurpose tray 250 sheets in face down top stacker 80g m2 100 sheets in face up rear stacker 80g mz2 420 000 pages or 5 years 20 000 pages per month max 4 000 pages per month average 5 000 pages at 5 coverage 17 000 pages at 3 pages per job 50 000 A4 pages at 3 pages per job 45 000 A4 pages SPECIFICATIONS gt 201 INDEX B Belt how to replace 178 life expectancy eee 167 life remaining seses 155 Booklet printing PCL emulation 22 34 PostScript emulation 21 33 C Colour adj Stih gaini isostni 145 Colour matching choosing image source 43 131 general advice sesse 126 how to acc SS eee 42 130 ICC profiles 0 ececeseeeeeeeeeee 136 photographic images 40 128 PostScript driver OPTIONS eceeseeeeeeeeee 45 133 printing colour swatch 44 132 specific spot colours 41 129 Windows ICM eseeeseeeseees 135 Cust
8. Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 9300K WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 45 Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken sRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the gamut set of printable colours are modified POSTSCRIPT COLOUR MATCHING This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data Rendering Intents When a document is printed a conversion takes place from the document s colour space to the printer colour space The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place The rendering intents that the printer driver provides are listed below gt Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together gt Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colours but less accurately m
9. Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover Static sensitive devices handle with care The printer contains four image drums cyan magenta yellow and black 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 173 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge 3 Holding it by its top centre lift the image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 174 4 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 5 With the coloured toner release lever 1 to the
10. 1 Launch the Desktop Printer Utility The Desktop Printer Utility is not provided by Oki There may bea copy ofthe Desktop Utility on your Mac hard disk located in the Applications Mac OS 9 folder under Utlities Alternatively the utility can be installed by performing Custom installation from the Mac OS 9 Installation CD At this step you are given the choice of creating a Desktop Printer using either the Adobe PostScript driver if installed or the LaserWriter driver Choose the LaserWriter driver Select Printer USB and click OK Click on the bottom Change button to select the printer Select the printer that is connected to your Mac and click OK ee a The Desktop Printer Utility should have automatically located the correct PPD file for your printer If the PPD file does not correspond to your printer model for example if Generic is listed click the uppermost Change button and select the appropriate file for your printer 6 Click Create This prompts you to give the printer a name 7 Enter the name you wish to use and click Save A printer icon is created on your Desktop MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 58 INSTALLED OPTIONS CONFIGURING INSTALLED HARDWARE OPTIONS If you have added optional hardware to your printer these must be enabled in the printer driver Examples of additional hardware that can be added to your printer include gt gt gt gt Additional paper trays
11. The Using ICC Profiles function allows both an input profile e g digital camera and an output profile e g your printer to be selected It uses both these profiles to generate a CRD Colour COLOUR PRINTING gt 136 Rendering Dictionary and this is used to match the colours as closely as possible This feature may not work for all application programs However many professional graphics applications offer a similar feature in their print settings with the ability to choose a source input colour space and a print output colour space COLOUR PRINTING gt 137 MENU FUNCTIONS This sections lists the menus accessed via the controls on the printer s operator panel and displayed in the LCD window It should be noted that many of these settings can be and often are overridden by settings in the Windows printer drivers However several of the driver settings can be left at Printer Setting which will then default to the settings entered in these printer menus Factory default settings are shown in bold type in the following tables In the normal operating condition known as standby the printer s LCD window will show ONLINE In this condition to enter the menu system press the keys on the operator panel to move up and down through the list of menus until the menu you wish to view is displayed Then proceed as follows 1 Press ENTER to enter the menu 2 Use the keys to move up
12. 1 cc 1 y y Media Type Many options are available for selecting the thickness of the paper type Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient Select your desired Media Type Any option other than Use Printer Settings will override the setting at the printer Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed When this is checked the printer waits until the Online button is pressed before feeding paper from the Multipurpose Tray This is useful for printing on stationery such as envelopes If the manual feed timeout is exceeded the print job is discarded and the printer goes back Online MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 68 5 Black Overprint This option prevents registration errors and only works for 100 black text Click on the checkbox to enable the option Feature Set 2 The tab s features are explained below Printer YOUR PRINTER Presets Standard Printer Features Feature Sets Set 2 E Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching i Black Finish Auto i Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto E Rendering Intent Auto i Mv Always use printer halftone ag Preview Save As POF Cancel Print gt 1 Colour Matching No Colour Matching No colour correction occurs when selected This option is beneficial when other matching regimens are used specifically if you select a Ink Simulation option Also use this option if using an application program s Colour
13. 157 Create and download the Project 158 Test printing the overlay ee cee eee eee 159 Defining overlays ccc cee eee eee eee 159 Printing with PostScript overlays 00 161 Creating PCL Overlays cece cece eee eee 162 Creating the overlay image 000 162 Create and download macroS 008 163 Test printing the MacrO cece eee eee eee eee 164 Defining overlayS cece cece ce eee eee 164 Printing with PCL overlays cece ee eee eee 166 Replacing consumable items cece eee eee eee 167 Consumable order details 0 eee eee eee 167 Toner cartridge replacement ee eee eee 168 Image drum replacement ccc eee eee e eee 173 Replacing the belt unit cece eee eee eee 178 Fuser replacement cece cee eee eee eee 180 Installing upgrades cece ccc cee eee eens 183 D plex unit seede os 8 oa Oba ee eee setter dee at 183 Memory upgrade cece c cece ee eee eee eee 185 Hard disk ONE saasaa vee O aeiaere drs 4 de Wa ete ear etal 188 Adjusting Windows printer drivers 191 PEL AiO raoran seat ea ei irae ates Are ete ES 191 PostScript driver cece eee ce eee ee eee 192 Clearing paper jams esei uae eke cee ee eee eee 193 SP cifiCatiOns svisc t dosent oOo eana a a eine ala ad E cues 201 IND OX a rhe oa etek ees EEn ek AG oo eae te ES 8 202 Oki
14. Click on the first overlay 2 you wish to use In this example it is the Cover Page overlay Then click the Add button 3 MAX 32 New ea dete If you want to use another rs E ETT overlay in this case it is the Continuation page click the second overlay 4 and then click the Add button 3 again When you have selected all the overlays you want to use for this document click OK Finally in your application s print dialogue click OK to begin printing OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 161 CREATING PCL OVERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay 1 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a project file import the PRN file and download the generated filter BIN files to the printer Use downloaded files to define your overlay ready for use with any future document When printing files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to macros they apply only to your final documents CREATING THE OVERLAY IMAGE 1 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required image and save it Open your application s Print dialogue Make sure that the selected printer name 1 is that of your PCL printer EEEE driver a
15. PRN file s and download the generated filter HST file to the printer The project file will contain one or more overlay images which are functionally related such as the cover page and the continuation page images for business letters Use downloaded files to define your overlays ready for use when printing your documents When printing overlay files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to overlays they apply only to your final documents CREATING THE OVERLAY IMAGE 1 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required overlay image and save it Open your application s Print dialogue Make sure that the selected printer name 1 is that of your PostScript printer driver Select the Print To File 2 option Click the Properties button 3 to open the Document Properties window OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 157 10 On the Overlay tab choose 5 Docinent Propet Create Form from the drop down list 4 Click OK to close the Document Properties Sn ae window Gea re MAX 32 Click OK again to close the Print dialogue When prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN Close your application CREATE AND DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT 1 woe YON From the Windows Start menu
16. Please see your application s on line help or user manual for more information COLOUR PRINTING gt 127 Paper type The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed colour For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper CHOOSING A COLOUR MATCHING METHOD There is no correct way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor and its printed equivalent There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and reproducible colour The following guidelines may help in achieving good colour output from your printer There are several suggested methods depending on the type of document you are printing These suggestions are for guidance only Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing Some applications will override any colour matching settings in the printer driver without warning RGB OR CMYK The guidelines for choosing a colour matching method makes distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most documents you print will be in RGB format This is the most common and if you do not know your document s colour mode assume that it is RGB Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice
17. Printer hard disk Additional printer memory Duplex unit There are 2 ways of configuring installed hardware options depending on how printing is setup on your Mac CONFIGURING INSTALLED HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM THE DESKTOP 1 On the Desktop select the printer icon for your printer 2 From the Printing menu choose Change Setup 3 In the Change menu select the hardware item s that you have installed and change the To values as appropriate NOTE If your printer is connected via USB or AppleTalk click the Auto Setup button This queries the printer and sets the options automatically 4 Click OK to save your settings CONFIGURING INSTALLED HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM THE CHOOSER 1 2 In the Apple menu select Chooser Select the printer LaserWriter driver in the left hand side of the Chooser window MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 59 3 If you are on a network with multiple AppleTalk zones select the appropriate zone for the printer in the bottom left side of the Chooser if your network does not have multiple AppleTalk zones this option will not be visible 4 Select the name of your printer in the right hand side of the Chooser 5 Click Setup 6 Click Configure Make changes to the installed hardware options as appropriate for your printer 7 Click OK and close the Chooser window to save your settings PAPER FEED SIZE AND MEDIA To select Paper Size 1 From the File menu choose
18. The multi purpose tray cannot be used for duplex printing To carry out Duplex printing 1 From the File menu select Print 2 From the pop up menu select Layout 3 From the Layout screen select the desired options B71 Printer bestination Layout Layout direction 1 Qz Print on Both Sides QBinains a Select Print on Both Sides to enable Duplex printing b Choose which side to bind the paper Long edge or Short edge 4 Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the printer dialogue box MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 91 CUSTOM PAGE SIZES The printer driver allows you to create your own custom paper sizes Once defined these appear at the bottom of the Paper menu in the Page Setup section of the printer driver 1 From the File menu choose Page Setup 2 Select Custom Page Sizes from the menu 3 Define your custom page sizes These are saved in the printer driver and can be selected just as the predefined paper sizes Click the graphic in the Page Setup dialogue to view information about the current page size in centimetres Click a second time to display information in inches Click a third time to return to the graphic Custom page sizes can only be printed from the multi purpose tray manual feed The printer setting for the multi purpose tray must be manually set to custom paper size before use Width of a custom page size can be from 76 2
19. W Media Check O Toner Save LJ Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed Select File then Print 1 Select the relevant printer 2 Open the drop down Menu and select Printer Job Options 3 Select the option required Quality A straightforward selection of the print quality desired gt Best high resolution slower speed the default Provides optimum results when printing graphics gt Normal lower resolution fast speed choose this one for quick proofing of drafts Select the desired print quality Media Weight Select the appropriate Media Weight If you are printing on regular paper do not select Labels or Transparency Because fusing temperature is lower on this this type of media doing so will cause toner smearing and paper jams Media Type Many options are available for selecting the thickness of the paper type Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 80 1 Select your desired Media Type Any option other than Printer Setting will override the setting at the printer Collate 1 Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance This option is useful when printing multiple copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence Click to enable collation of your documents Click to enable collation of your documents NOTE If your software
20. When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard disk PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 24 Printing from your PC desktop If you have installed the Storage Device Manager software from the supplied CD you can also print secure documents directly from your PC desktop You might do this perhaps when the office is empty and your confidential documents can safely be printed remotely 1 2 From the Windows Start menu run Storage Device Manager If necessary use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents From the Printers menu choose HDD Print Jobs In the HDD Print Jobs window choose the View User Jobs option button and enter your PIN in the text box provided After a short pause a list of your print jobs will appear In the list of print jobs select the job you wish to print and click Print Job s If necessary adjust the number of copies you want when the prompt appears After a short pause the selected document will print When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard disk PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 25 PROOF AND PRINT FEATURE This feature allows you to send multiple copies of a document to print but only print the first copy so that you can check the output quality before printing t
21. account Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colours if you don t necessarily care how accurate the colours are This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colours in the source gamut to fully saturated colours in the printer s gamut MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 72 5 Always use Printer Halftone Printer YOUR PRINTER Presets Standard H Printer Features E Feature Sets Set 2 B Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching wa Black Finish Auto B Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto B Rendering Intent Auto z Oas use printer halftone Preview Save As POF Cancel GD This option prevents the halftone of a high end graphic application from printing by using the printer s halftone pattern instead of the application s one Click on the checkbox to enable the option Feature Set 3 The tab s features are explained below Printer YOUR PRINTER 8 Presets Standard Printer Features is Feature Sets Set 3 z 1 CMYK Ink Simulation None Z Separations Off E Media Check Toner Saving C Page Rotate N o Preview Save As PDF Cancel E Print 1 Ink Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 73 This option simulates how the output will look on a printing press
22. any combination of digits from 0 to 7 do not use 8 or 9 and click OK 4 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but will not print until you request it PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 23 PRINTING SECURE DOCUMENTS Secure documents stored on the printer s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways gt From the printer s operator panel or gt From your PC desktop using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 Drivers and Utilities with the printer Printing from the operator panel READY Oo BACK ENTER ATTENTION ON LINE MENU 1 Press the button to access the Print Jobs menu 2 Press ENTER to select this menu 3 Use the buttons to display the first digit of your PIN and then press ENTER to enter this digit Repeat this procedure for each of the four digits 4 Use the buttons to display each of your stored secure documents in turn or to select all documents When the required selection is displayed press ENTER to print the document s 5 If you have only selected a single document to print the display will prompt you for the number of collated copies you wish to print default is 1 copy Use the buttons to choose the number of copies you want and press ENTER to begin printing After a short pause the selected document will print
23. case raise the top cover reach around and press down on the fuser pressure release lever 4 l 4 Sh eee a 11 If not using the rear exit tray close it once paper has been removed from this area CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 198 12 13 If your printer has a duplex unit installed press the cover release at the centre of the unit open the cover and remove any sheets in this area then close the cover CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 199 14 Check inside the cover for sheets in this area and remove any that you find then close the cover 15 Pull out the paper tray in use when the jam occurred and ensure that all paper is stacked properly is undamaged and that the paper guides are properly positioned against the edges of the paper stack When satisfied replace the tray 16 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed When the jam has been cleared if Jam Recovery is set to ON in the System Configuration Menu the printer will attempt to reprint any pages lost due to paper jams CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 200 Item Dimensions Weight Print speeds Resolution Emulations Auto Features Memory Paper capacity at 80g m2 Paper weight Paper output Printer life Duty cycle Toner life Image drum life Belt life Fuser life SPECIFICATIONS Specification
24. start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer Choose Printers New Project Choose Printers Add File to Project Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have more than one printer PRN file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to Click Open to add these files to the current project When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message The project window will display one HST file for each printer file added Make a careful note of each of these names Ensure that you note them exactly as they appear they are case sensitive and you will need them later OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 158 9 Choose Projects gt Save Project and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it later if you want to modify it 10 Choose Projects Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer If you have a hard disk in the printer SDM will automatically download files to it If not SDM will download files to flash memory If you have a hard disk but still prefer to download to flash memory double click the file name
25. 000 A4 5 42127405 Toner rainbow pack 1 ea CMYK 5 000 A4 5 42403002 Image drum black 17 000 A4 pages 42126608 Image drum cyan 17 000 A4 pages 42126607 Image drum magenta 17 000 A4 pages 42126606 Image drum yellow 17 000 A4 pages 42126605 Fuser 45 000 A4 pages 42158603 Transport belt 50 000 A4 3 job 42158702 Average life Please always use genuine Oki consumables Use of compatibles and counterfeit items may impair performance and could cause product damage which is not covered under the warranty REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 167 TONER CARTRIDGE REPLACEMENT The toner used in this printer is a very fine dry powder It is contained in four cartridges one each for cyan magenta yellow and black Have a sheet of paper handy so that you have somewhere to place the used cartridge while you install the new one Dispose of the old cartridge responsibly inside the pack that the new one came in Follow any regulations recommendations etc which may be in force concerning waste recycling If you do spill any toner powder lightly brush it off If this is not enough use a cool damp cloth to remove any residue Do not use hot water and never use solvents of any kind They will make stains permanent WARNING If you inhale any toner or get it in your eyes drink a little water or bathe your eyes liberally in cold water Seek medical attention immediately Switch off the printer and allow the fuse
26. 150 PCL EMULATION Item Settings Explanation SYMBOL SET Math 8 MC Text continued MS Publish PC Ext D N PC Ext US PC Set1 PC Set2 D N PC Set2 US USPSZIP Bulgarian CWI Hung DeskTop German Greek 437 Greek 437 Cy Greek 928 Hebrew NC Hebrew OC IBM 437 IBM 850 IBM 860 IBM 863 IBM 865 ISO Dutch ISO L1 ISO L2 ISO L5 ISO L6 ISO L9 A4 PRINT WIDTH 78 COLUMN Sets the number of columns subject to 80 COLUMN Auto LF with A4 paper in PCL This is the value when Auto CR LF Mode is set to OFF with the 10CPI character WHITE PAGE SKIP OFF ON Selects whether blank pages are printed or not CR FUNCTION CR CR LF Selects whether a received carriage return character ODh also causes a line feed LF FUNCTION LF LF CR Selects whether a received line feed character OAh also causes a carriage return PRINT MARGIN NORMAL Sets the non printable page area 1 5 INCH NORMAL is PCL compatible 1 6 INCH TRUE BLACK OFF ON Selects whether black image data is printed using black toner ON or 100 CMY OFF Valid in PCL emulation mode only MENU FUNCTIONS gt 151 PARALLEL MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer s Centronics compatible IEEE 1284 data interface PARALLEL MENU Item PARALLEL BI DIRECTION ECP ACK WIDTH ACK BUSY TIMING I PRIME USB MENU Settings Explanation ENABLE DISABLE Enables or disables operation of this port E
27. Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together MAC OS X gt 118 Relative Colorimetric Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer Best for solid colours and tints Much like Absolute Colorimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white i e unlike Absolute Colorimetric this attempts to take the paper white into account Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colours if you don t necessarily care how accurate the colours are This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colours in the source gamut to fully saturated colours in the printer s gamut Always use Printer Halftone Printer YOUR PRINTER 2 Presets Standard Printer Features Es Feature Sets Set 2 Z Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching Z Black Finish _ Auto E Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto B Rendering Intent Auto E O Always use printer halftone A ig gt I R O Preview Save As PDF Cancel E Print This option prevents the halftone of a high end graphic application from printing by using the printer s halftone pattern instead of the application s one Click on the checkbox to enable the
28. Control Panel EA ee EAEI TES 1 Open the Printers window called Printers and Faxes in Conert Windows XP tot mane 2 Right click the printer name and choose Properties 3 Click the Printing Preferences d button 1 To open colour matching options from within a Windows application 1 Choose File Print from the application s menu bar 2 Click the Properties button next to the printer name COLOUR PRINTING gt 130 SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS 1 On the Colour tab select Manual for Colour Matching OKI C5300 PCL Printing Preferences PR Setup Job Options Color Color Mode Auto Color Manual Color C Monochrome Black Finish Lohne D O al a HX Satuation 0 4 al 10 2 Choose from the available options a b c d e Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing daylight photographs Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours Good for office graphics Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a professional graphics monitor Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken sRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour The colou
29. If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor To do this you can use the ICC Profiles provided by Oki and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 65 MATCHING SPECIFIC COLOURS For instance a Company logo RGB only gt gt Oki Colour Matching and the sRGB setting PostScript Colour Matching using the Relative Colorimetric option Use the Colour Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB swatches and enter your desired RGB values in your application s colour picker RGB or CMYK gt If you are printing from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor To do this you can use the ICC Profiles provided by Oki and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space Alternatively use PostScript Colour Matching with the Relative Colorimetric setting PRINTING VIVID COLOURS RGB only gt Use Oki Colour Matching with either the Monitor 6500k Vivid sRGB or Digital Camera settings RGB or CMYK gt Use PostScript Colour Matching with the Saturation option MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 66 OKI DRIVER OPTIONS This section references only the OKI specific driver selections OKI PRINTER FEATURES 1 From within y
30. LPT1 Properties HEI the Job Options tab select 2 Stl Secure Print 1 ceed C Secure Print e 1 2 In the small pop up sre EJ o E window which appears ae enter a name for this print cae oo DE job 16 characters eo T Toner save i ici Orientation maximum and a 4 digit ome Coy PIN using any combination Landscape Fae L of digits from 0 to 9 and Watermarks Overlays Fonts _ Advanced click OK Deot Cancel Apply Help 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 35 PostScript Emulation 1 In the driver window on the Device Options tab select Secure Print 1 PS Properties HEI Samia ea ee Bee te ener oe Available printer memory in Ke S E per eee Piia eaaet 1 Job Type Secure print S PASSWORD2 0 a Job Type S IPASSWORD1 0 PASSWORD2 0 Change setting for PASSWORD1 Change setting for Job Type 0 z Store to HDD ao F Sosti 2 i col l 3 Standarc stalled Hard Disk Installed kb Change setting for Available Tray 1 Standard Restore Defaults ae Cancel Apply oe covet __ too 2 In Printer Features select Password 1 and select a number from 0 9 in the Change Setting for drop down box Repeat for passwords 2 4 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application
31. When enabled black areas are produced using 100 C M and Y instead of black This results in a glossier finish MENU FUNCTIONS gt 146 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU This menu adjusts general printer settings to suit the way you prefer to work SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU Items POW SAVE TIME Settings Explanation Adjusts the idling time before the printer 15 automatically switches into power saving 30 mode In this mode power consumption is 60 reduced to a low level required to just keep 240 the printer operating and ready to receive data When a job is sent the printer will require a warm up time of up to 1 minute before printing can begin PERSONALITY AUTO This item selects which industry standard PCL emulation your printer should use When IBM PPR III XL set to AUTO incoming data is examined and EPSON FX the correct emulation is automatically PS3 EMULATION selected each time a print job is received USB PS PROTOCOL RAW Selects PostScript data format for USB port ASCII NETPS PROTOCOL RAW Selects PostScript data format for network ASCII port CLEARABLE ON When ON non critical warnings such as WARNING JOB requests for a different paper size can be cleared by pressing the ON LINE button When set to JOB they are cleared when the print job resumes AUTO CONTINUE ON Determines whether or not the printer will OFF automatically recover from a memory overflow condition MANUAL TIMEOUT OFF Specifies how many sec
32. and printers is often the main reason that printed colours do not match the colours displayed onscreen 2 Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions For example the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 63 3 Monitor settings The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Additionally your monitor colour temperature influences how warm or cool the colours look Several of the Printer Driver s Colour Matching options make reference to your monitor s Colour Temperature Many modern monitors allow the colour temperature to be adjusted using the monitor s control panel There are several settings found on a typical monitor gt 5000k Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphics arts environments gt 6500k Cooler approximates daylight conditions gt 9300k Cool the default setting for many monitors and television sets k degrees Kelvin a measurement of temperature 4 How your software application displays colour Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop may display colour differently from office applications such as Microsoft Word Please see your application s online help or user manual for more information 5 Pap
33. application has a collate option use it instead of the collate option in the printer driver Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray Only standard sizes are checked MP tray is handled as manual feed Checking this will cause the MP tray to be used in manual feed situations The MP tray cannot be used for duplex printing Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 81 Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving TO ENABLE THE JOB TYPE PLUG IN NOTE This procedure can only be carried out from Mac OS 9 x or earlier It cannot be performed from the Classic Environment 1 On the Desktop click the icon of the printer you wish to enable the printing plug in for 2 From the Printing menu select Set Default Printer ad Select File Print Desktop 4 Select Plug In Preferences from the pop up menu 21 8 7 1 Printer yourprinter Destination Plug In Preferences gt v M Print Time Filters H M JobType 5 Select Print Time Filters MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 82 6 Select JobType NOTE To use the Job Type functions you need to have a hard disk installed in the printer 7 Click Save Settings and then Cancel to return to the Desktop JOB TYPE This plug in allows you to utilise the options of the built in hard drive of the pr
34. booklet Advanced options are also available such as how to download TrueType fonts and whether advanced options such as booklet printing are available The printer driver contains extensive on line help for these items to help you make the most appropriate choices PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 21 PCL EMULATION When you click the Properties button from your application s Print dialogue the driver window opens to allow you to specify your printing preferences for this document 1 Paper size should be Printing Defaults the same as the page pamm size of your document unless you wish to scale the printout to fit another size and a should also be the 4 SS a same as the size of 5 S paper you will feed into ee aan the printer ed ee You can choose the source of the paper to feed which may be Tray 1 the standard paper tray Tray 2 if you have the optional 2nd paper tray installed or the multipurpose feeder You can also click on the appropriate part of the screen graphic to select your preferred tray A variety of document finishing options can be selected such as normal one page per sheet or N up where N can be any number up to 16 for printing scaled down pages at more than one page per sheet Booklet printing prints two pages per sheet on each side of the paper so that when folded they make up a booklet Booklet printing requires the duplex unit to be installed
35. buttons to display each of your stored documents in turn When the required selection is displayed press ENTER to print the document s 5 Use the buttons to choose the number of copies you want and press ENTER to begin printing After a short pause while the selected document is processed it will begin printing When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard disk Printing from your PC desktop If you have installed the Storage Device Manager software from the supplied CD you can also print the remaining copies directly from your PC desktop PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 27 From the Windows Start menu run Storage Device Manager If necessary use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents From the Printers menu choose HDD Print Jobs In the HDD Print Jobs window choose the View User Jobs option button and enter your PIN in the text box provided After a short pause a list of your print jobs will appear In the list of print jobs select the job you wish to print and click Print Job s If necessary adjust the number of copies you want when the prompt appears After a short pause while the selected document is processed it will begin printing When printing is complete the document will automatically be deleted from the printer s hard
36. defined overlays and then click the Add button 3 again to add the second overlay to the list of active overlays When the list of active overlays contains all the items you want to use click OK Finally click the Print button in your application s Print dialogue to begin printing your document OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 166 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS This section explains how to replace consumable items when due As a guide the life expectancy of these items is gt Toner 5 000 A4 pages at 5 coverage which means that 5 of the addressable print area is printed with this colour Toner life is directly affected by coverage e g at 10 coverage there is sufficient toner for 2 500 pages conversely at 2 5 there is sufficient toner for 10 000 pages in the cartridge The printer is shipped with sufficient toner for 3 000 A4 pages in the print cartridges of which 1 500 A4 pages of toner are used to charge the image drum gt Image drum 17 000 pages calculated on typical office usage where 20 of printing is 1 page only 30 is 3 page documents and 50 is print runs of 15 pages or more gt Transfer belt Approximately 50 000 A4 pages gt Fuser Approximately 45 000 A4 pages CONSUMABLE ORDER DETAILS Item Life Order No Toner high capacity black 5 000 A4 5 42127408 Toner high capacity cyan 5 000 A4 5 42127407 Toner high capacity magenta 5 000 A4 5 42127406 Toner high capacity yellow 5
37. file and can be selected from the Printer Driver Colour options Creating a Gamma Adjustment Step by step Ensure that your Oki printer is selected as default on your Desktop 1 You can do this by selecting the printer icon and from the Printing menu select Set Default Printer 2 Launch the Oki PostScript Utility 3 From the Utilities menu select Adjust Printer Gamma Fite cait QUO Heip Change AppleTalk Name Zone Download File D Display Font List 3L Initialise Disk Adjust Printer Gamma Oki PostScript Utility Printer Name YOUR PRINTER Save Paper Tray Paper Size TEF Tray 1 A4 Tray 2 A4 Multipurpose Tray A4 Auto Tray Switch MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 98 4 Click the New button PS Gamma Adjuster Save Sie __Hetp__ Available Gamma Curves YOUR PRINTER ppd Edit Add gt Copy lt Remove Delete 5 The printer s gamma can be adjusted globally all CMYK values together or each separate primary printer colour can be adjusted individually The gamma curves plot the input values on the X axis against the output values on the Y axis The curves can be adjusted by either clicking and dragging the curves with the mouse or by manually entering values into the text fields To remove points on the curve either double click on the points or delete the corresponding values in the appropriate text fields
38. in the Project window and under Volume type in Flash0 and then click OK 11 When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message TEST PRINTING THE OVERLAY 1 Click on the printer icon for the relevant printer and choose Printers Test Form 2 In the Test PostScript Form window to test each overlay select it and click OK There will be a short pause while the printer processes the form and then it will print When each overlay has been tested click Exit 4 Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects Exit to close Storage Device Manager DEFINING OVERLAYS This is the final step before the new overlays are ready for use 1 Open the Printers called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel 2 Right click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu 3 On the Overlay tab click the New button OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 159 9 In the Define Overlays window enter a suitable name 2 for this 2 overlay and choose which page s 3 of your documents will use this overlay oc Enter the name of the overlay lt lt file 4 exactly as it appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window Remember that a this name is case sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay names when you crea
39. in your printer Poster printing will print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets For two sided printing you can choose to flip the page by the long edge or the short edge Of course this requires that a duplex unit be installed in your printer If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a Set you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them A single on screen button restores the default settings PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 22 SECURE PRINTING FEATURE With this feature you can send confidential documents to print and have them stored in the printer until you are ready to print them Documents sent in this way are protected by a PIN personal identification number which must be entered before they will print This is useful when you need to print confidential documents ona printer which is shared with or accessible to other people NOTE This feature requires the optional internal hard disk SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT 1 From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button 2 In the driver window on the Job Options tab and select Secure ra mT Job Options Col 1 1 oe ie A oe Bie Watermark k Advanced 3 In the small pop up window which appears enter a name for this print job 16 characters maximum and a 4 digit PIN using
40. menu 147 Usage MENU ssssesssssesesssssssssss 155 USB MENU ssesssssosossesesesesssese 152 Multipurpose tray how to USE seeesssssssssssssessssssesssee 19 paper Metrics nessesesssessessesssess 14 N Network addresses Setting seins e enesesse 153 Network protocols enabling or disabling 153 o Overlays Printing a liSt eeeeeeeeee 139 Overlays and macros generalagent 156 Overlays PCL how to create eesse 49 162 printing with overlays 0 eee 51 164 166 Overlays PostScript defining in the Windows driver ssccceeee 159 how to Create scesseeeeeeeee 157 printing with overlays 161 P Page orientation portrait or landscape 21 33 Paper jam clearing cece eeeeseeeeeeees 193 loading cassette traySs 16 loading letterhead 00 17 recommended types 6 13 supported sheet sizes 14 weights and SizeS ee 143 Parallel port enabling or disabling 152 Poster printing 22 34 Power saving delay time cee seeeseessreeeeees 147 enabling or disabling 154 Print order face down stacker 18 face UP SACK eeeeseeeeeeee 18 face up down stacker 21 Print quality adjusting esni 154 Print settings how to SaVe wo eeeeeeeee 22 34 Printer driver Installation cceesseesesseeees 55 INDEX gt 203 Printing Custom page SIZES 92 Printing c
41. or hard disk proceed as follows 1 Open the Printers window called Printers and Faxes in Tarea Shag Pots Acer Cot Naropa Dove Windows XP via the Start Menu or ae gt Duplex Option Unit from the Windows Control Panel ise eros 2 Right click the printer icon for this printer and choose Properties from the pop up menu 3 On the Device Options tab check the box for the upgrade you have just installed 4 Click OK to close the properties window and then close the Printers window INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 191 POSTSCRIPT DRIVER This driver must be adjusted for any upgrade just installed 1 Open the Printers window called DES Printers and Faxes in e E Windows XP via the Start Menu Pee a or from the Windows Control Panel 2 Right click the printer icon for this printer and choose sa Properties from the pop up menu sd as Outline 100 pivel s ownload as Bitmap 600 pixel s L Standard 3 On the Device Settings tab locate the list of installable options Change those settings to indicate the new features you have just installed 4 Click OK to close the properties window and then close the Printers window INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 192 CLEARING PAPER JAMS Provided that you follow the recommendations in this guide on use of print media and you keep the media in good condition prior to use your printer should give years of reli
42. settings and these may override the settings in the printer driver Please refer to the documentation for your software application for details on how that particular program s colour management functions FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF PRINTS If you wish to manually adjust the colour settings in your printer driver please be aware that colour reproduction is a complex topic and there are many factors to take into consideration Some of the most important factors are listed below Differences between the range of colours a monitor or printer can reproduce gt Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colours visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colours In addition to this a printer cannot reproduce all of the colours displayed ona monitor and vice versa gt Both devices use very different technologies to represent colour A monitor uses Red Green and Blue RGB phosphors or LCDs a printer uses Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black CMYK toner or ink gt A monitor can display very vivid colours such as intense reds and blues and these cannot be easily produced on any printer using toner or ink Similarly there are certain colours some yellows for example that can be printed but cannot be displayed accurately on a monitor This disparity between monitors and printers is often the main reason that printed colours do not match the colours displaye
43. the generated filter BIN files to the printer 3 Use downloaded files to define your overlay ready for use with any future document When printing files to disk do not select any special features such as two sided printing or multiple copies These are not appropriate to macros they apply only to your final documents Step 1 Creating the overlay image 1 Use your preferred application perhaps a graphics program to create the required image and save it 2 Open your application s Pine HE H H Printer Print dialogue MO 3 Make sure that the I selected printer na Pene 2 name 1 is that of your Pirkenge Tice Ga erof copies fl PCL printer driver e i a Ee 4 Select the Print To File 2 option 5 Click on Properties and ensure that all driver settings are appropriate for the print job WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 49 6 Click OK and when prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN 7 Close your application Step 2 Create and download macros NOTE Ensure that the Storage Device Manager has been installed on the Printer Drivers CD Software Utilities 1 From the Windows Start Programs Okidata menu start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer 2 Choose Projects New Project to start a new project 3 Choose Projects Filter Macro File The Filter Printer Patterns dia
44. using the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Japan If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching by selecting the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match Using option in the printer driver Select the option desired Printer YOUR PRINTER 8 Presets Standard Printer Features i Feature Sets Set 3 cs CMYK Ink Simulation _ None i Separations Off iE EA Media Check __ Toner Saving 7 Page Rotate O Preview Save As PDF Cancel Print Separations This option affects output only allowing you to print all colours or separate plates Select the option desired Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray Only standard sizes are checked Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving but reduce print quality and provide a much lighter print Page Rotate Checking this will rotate the printed material on the page 180 degrees A MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 74 COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The PostScript driver offers several different methods of controlling the colour output of the printer Some of the colour matching options only work on certain types of data The table below summarises the various colour matching options available in the PostScript driver and what types of data they affect 1 Printer Destination 2 e P
45. 01 S001 Sets the current default font number from the currently selected source which could be internal I ROM slot C or downloaded S FONT PITCH 0 44 10 00 99 99 Sets the character width of the default font in characters per inch CPI This is only available when the selected font is fixed width and scalable FONT HEIGHT 4 00 12 00 999 75 Point size of selected default font Font Source MENU FUNCTIONS gt 149 PCL EMULATION Item SYMBOL SET Settings PC 8 PC 8 Dan Nor PC 8 TK PC 775 PC 850 PC 852 PC 855 PC 857 TK PC 858 PC 866 PC 869 PC 1004 Pi Font Plska Mazvia PS Math PS Text Roman 8 Roman 9 Roman Ext Serbo Croat1 Serbo Croat2 Spanish Ukrainian VN Int l VN Math VN US Win 3 0 Win 3 1 Blt Win 3 1 Cyr Win 3 1 Grk Win 3 1 Heb Win 3 1 L1 Win 3 1 L2 Win 3 1 L5 Wingdings Dingbats MS Symbol OCR A OCR B HP ZIP USPSFIM USPSSTP 1SO Swedish1 ISO Swedish2 ISO Swedish3 ISO 2 IRV ISO 4 UK ISO 6 ASC ISO 10 S F ISO 11 Swe ISO 14 JASC ISO 15 Ita ISO 16 Por ISO 17 Spa ISO 21 Ger ISO 25 Fre ISO 57 Chi ISO 60 Nor 1SO 61 Nor ISO 69 Fre ISO 84 Por 1SO 85 Spa Kamenicky Legal Explanation PCL symbol set If the font source and number are changed to one which does not support the selected symbol set this must be changed to an available symbol set for that font MENU FUNCTIONS gt
46. As an Energy Star Program Participant the manufacturer has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89 336 EEC EMC and 73 23 EEC LVD as amended where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage mi PREFACE gt 2 CONTENTS Preface Introduction Printer overview Front View Rear VieW eee Changing the display language Paper recommendations Cassette trays Multipurpose tray Face down stacker Face up stacker Duplex unit Loading Paper Cassette trays Multipurpose tray Printer settings in Windows PCL or PostScript cee ee eee eee Printing preferences in Windows applications PostScript Emulation PCL Emulation Secure printing feature Sending the document to print Printing secure documents Proof and print feature Sending the document to print Printing the remaining copies Permanent print documents Sending the document to print Printing stored documents Windows 9x Differences Printer settings in Windows PCL or PostScript
47. C5300n ses USER S GUIDE PREFACE Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete accurate and up to date The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the manufacturer While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible we make no warranty of any kind expressed or implied as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein The most up to date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website http www okieurope com Copyright 2003 All rights reserved Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd Energy Star is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Hewlett Packard HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Microsoft MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Macintosh Mac and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors
48. DISABLE 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 Explanation Resets menus to default settings Saves current menu settings as default values At confirmation prompt press ENTER to confirm save or CANCEL to cancel Enables or disables automatic power save mode Delay before entering this mode is set in the system configuration menu Used for small adjustment when you experience faded print or light specks streaking in monochrome printing on white paper Select a higher value to reduce fading or a lower value to reduce specks or streaking in high density print areas As above but for colour printing As above but for mono printing on transparencies As above but for colour printing on transparencies MENU FUNCTIONS gt 154 USAGE MENU This menu is for information only and provides an indication of total usage of the printer and the expected life left in its consumable items This is particularly useful if you do not have a full set of replacement consumables to hand and you need to know how soon you will need them USAGE MENU Item Explanation TOTAL PAGE COUNT The total number of prints output by the printer TRAYn PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from tray n MPT PAGE COUNT The total number of pages fed from the multipurpose tray COLOR PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed in colour MONO PAGE COUNT The total number of pages printed in monochrome K DRUM LIFE REMAINING C DRUM LIF
49. DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE NORMAL SMALL AUTO NEGOTIATE 100BASE TX FULL 100BASE TX HALF 10BASE T FULL 10BASE T HALF Explanation Enables or disables this network protocol Enables or disables this network protocol Enables or disables this network protocol Enables or disables this network protocol Selects the Ethernet MAC layer frame type Specifies whether IP address allocation is automatic DHCP or manually assigned Current assigned IP address To change press ENTER and use keys to increment 1st octet then press ENTER again to move on to next octet When 4th octet has been set press ENTER again to register new address Current assigned subnet mask To change proceed as above Current assigned gateway address To change proceed as above Initialises the network hardware Enables or disables Web config facility and Internet Printing Protocol Enables or disables Telnet config facility Enables or disables communication via FTP Enables or disables SNMP protocol Selects network size Sets full or half duplex for communication via a network hub MENU FUNCTIONS gt 153 MAINTENANCE MENU This menu provides access to various printer maintenance functions MAINTENANCE MENU Item MENU RESET SAVE MENU POWER SAVE PAPER BLACK SETTING PAPER COLOR SETTING TRANSPR BLACK SETTING TRANSPR COLOR SETTING Settings EXECUTE EXECUTE ENABLE
50. E REMAINING M DRUM LIFE REMAINING Y DRUM LIFE REMAINING BELT LIFE REMAINING Percentage of belt life remaining FUSER LIFE REMAINING Percentage of fuser life remaining K TONER C TONER M TONER Y TONER Percentage of life remaining in these consumable items Cartridge size and current toner level MENU FUNCTIONS gt 155 OVERLAYS AND MACROS WHAT ARE OVERLAYS AND MACROS If you would like to print on special stationery such as forms and letterhead but do not want to use pre printed stationery you can create your own using these advanced features You can use PostScript overlays to generate all your special stationery and store it in the printer for use whenever you need it If you have chosen to install the PCL driver macros perform a similar function NOTE PostScript overlays are not available for Windows 95 98 Me You can create several overlays or macros and combine them in any way you like to produce a variety of forms and other special stationery Each image can be printed on just the first page of a document on all pages on alternate pages or just the pages that you specify OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 156 CREATING POSTSCRIPT OVERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay 1 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a project file import the
51. Features Feature Sets Set 2 E Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching i Black Finish Auto i Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto E Rendering Intent Auto i Mv Always use printer halftone ag Preview Save As POF Cancel Print gt 1 Colour Matching No Colour Matching No colour correction occurs when selected This option is beneficial when other matching regimens are used specifically if you select an Ink Simulation option Also use this option if using an application program s Colour Matching OKI Colour Matching This is Oki s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only This is the default setting and provides the best colour matching for your printer Postscript Colour Matching This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data Print In Grayscale No colour will print The printer will interpret all colours as a variation of grays MAC OS X gt 115 Printer YOUR PRINTER gg Presets Standard Printer Features i Feature Sets Set 2 E Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching B Black Finish Auto in Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto 7 6 Rendering Intent Auto i M Always use printer halftone Preview Save As PDF Cancel Prid Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only Auto This op
52. If set to manual this adjustment will only be performed when initiated by the next menu item AUTO DENSITY EXECUTE Selecting this will perform the auto density set up immediately COLOR TUNING PRINT PATTERN Selecting this item prints the colour tuning pattern to help you adjust the colour balance C HIGHLIGHT 3 0 3 C MID TONE 3 0 3 C DARK 3 03 M HIGHLIGHT 3 0 3 M MID TONE Bwin Adjusts image density for each colour M DARK 3 0 3 component cyan magenta yellow and Y HIGHLIGHT P iede Normalecting SO Y MID TONE 3 0 3 Eis Sa Y DARK 3 0 3 K HIGHLIGHT 3 0 3 K MID TONE 3 0 3 K DARK 3 0 3 C DARKNESS abl Adjusts darkness of each colour component M DARKNESS op Oxe3 cyan magenta yellow and black Normal Y DARKNESS 3 0 3 setting iso K DARKNESS 3 0 3 MENU FUNCTIONS gt 145 COLOR MENU Item AUTO REGISTRATION C REG FINE ADJUST M REG FINE ADJUST Y REG FINE ADJUST INK SIMULATION UCR CMY 100 DENSITY Settings EXECUTE 3 0 3 3 0 43 3 0 43 OFF SWOP EUROSCALE JAPAN LOW MEDIUM HIGH DISABLE ENABLE Explanation Performs automatic colour registration adjustment Normally this is done on power on and when the top cover is opened and then closed This process accurately aligns the cyan magenta and yellow images to the black image Performs fine adjustment of image timing in relation to the black image component Selects from a range of industry standard colour swatches
53. K Ink Simulation 0 0 eee eee ee eee 47 Windows ICM Colour Matching 0005 47 Overlays and Macros cece eee ec eee ee eee eens 49 Creating PCL OverlayS cee ee eee eee ee 49 Installing upgrades cece cece ce eee eee 53 Adjusting Windows printer drivers 53 Mac OS 9 x Classic 0 cece eect CEA 55 Printer Drivers see cee cece eect ee eect teenies 55 Software Installation 0 0 cee eee eee eee eee eee 55 Software Connection cece eee eee eee ee eee 55 AppleTalk Connection cece ee eee ee eee 55 TCP IP Connection ccc cc cee cece ence eens 56 USB Connection cee cee eee eee eee eee 58 Installed optionS cee eee cee cece eee 59 Configuring installed hardware options 59 configuring installed hardware options from the Desktop eee ee eee eee ee eee 59 configuring installed hardware options from the ChooSer 0 cee cee cee eee cence 59 Paper Feed Size and Media cess eee 60 Operat k eraen ERES EERE RAER TEAREN EE ERA 62 Colour Matching ccc cece cece cece eee eeee 63 Factors that affect the appearance of prints 63 Choosing a Colour Matching Method 65 CONTENTS gt 4 RGB or CMYK 0 ec ccc cc cece n iea 65 Matching Photographic Images 65 Matching Specific Colours 0 eee eee 66 Printing Vivid Colours
54. Matching OKI Colour Matching This is Oki s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only This is the default setting and provides the best colour matching for your printer Postscript Colour Matching This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data Print In Grayscale No colour will print The printer will interpret all colours as a variation of grays MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 69 Printer YOUR PRINTER gg Presets Standard Printer Features i Feature Sets Set 2 E Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching B Black Finish Auto in Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto 7 6 Rendering Intent Auto i M Always use printer halftone Preview Save As PDF Cancel Prid Black Finish This setting determines Black Toner usage only Auto This option is best for an office environment with the printer determining which style is better Matte This option produces a True Black K only Gloss This option uses CMY to produce a Composite Black Oki Colour Match Options These options are available when Oki Colour Matching is selected in Colour Match Using You can match to a device such as a Monitor or Digital Camera Select the option desired based upon the information below Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to prod
55. NABLE DISABLE Enables or disables bidirectional functionality of this port ENABLE DISABLE Enables or disables ECP mode NARROW Sets width of ACK signal in compatible MEDIUM receiving to 0 5uS 1 0pS or 3 0uS WIDE ACK IN BUSY Sets the order in which the BUSY signal is ACK WHILE BUSY output For ACK IN BUSY BUSY goes low at end of ACK pulse For ACK WHILE BUSY BUSY goes low at centre of ACK pulse 3 MICRO SEC Sets time to enable disable the I PRIME 50 MICRO SEC signal Can be enabled with 3uS or 50S DISABLE ninit signal or disabled completely This menu controls the operation of the printer s USB data interface USB MENU Item USB VERSION SOFT RESET Settings Explanation ENABLE DISABLE Enables or disables operation of this port ea e220 Selects USB version for compatibility ENABLE DISABLE Enables or disables the SOFT RESET command MENU FUNCTIONS gt 152 NETWORK MENU This menu controls the operation of the printer s 10Base T 100Base TX network interface NETWORK MENU Item TCP IP NETBEUI NETWARE ETHERTALK FRAME TYPE IP ADDRESS SET IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY ADDRESS INITIALIZE NIC WEB IPP TELNET FTP SNMP LAN HUB LINK SETTING Settings ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE ENABLE DISABLE AUTO 802 2 802 3 ETHERNET Il SNAP AUTO MANUAL XXX XXX XXX XXK XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX EXECUTE ENABLE
56. Page Setup 2 Select the Paper Size and Orientation If you wish to use a custom paper size select Custom Page Sizes from the menu 3 Once you ve chosen your preferred page size click OK If you wish to save these paper settings as default hold down the Option Alt key as you click OK To select Paper Feed and Media Type 1 From the File menu choose Print 2 In the General section use the Paper Source option to select either the paper tray or the media type to use for your print job If you select a paper tray e g Tray 1 the printer takes paper from that source for your print job MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 60 If you select a media type e g Plain the printer takes paper from a tray that contains that type of media To assign media types to specific paper trays you need to use the printer s operator panel If you choose Auto Select the printer automatically chooses a tray in the printer that contains the correct size of paper If you choose a paper source manually ensure that the paper tray in the printer contains paper of the correct size MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 61 OPERATION This section explains how to change the printer s operation for specific print jobs when required The PostScript printer drivers supplied with this machine provide several controls for changing the colour output of your printer Generally using the default settings will suffice producing good results for most documen
57. Printers window WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 54 MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC PRINTER DRIVERS CD1 contains the printer drivers Please refer to the readme file on this CD for the latest information on printer driver installation If the settings selected manually in the printer differ from those selected in the printer driver the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error message The following printer driver instructions are given as a guide only Some software applications require the paper feed size and media settings to be selected from within the software Page Setup Switch off antivirus software before installing a printer driver Take time to note the facilities available on the CD For example the Help facility briefly describes each of the Software Utilities SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 1 Place the software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 Double click the CD icon 3 Double click Language folder 4 Double click the Install Oki Software shortcut icon This launches the installer program Follow the on screen instructions If you wish to find out more about the software that is included please refer to the Help facility SOFTWARE CONNECTION APPLETALK CONNECTION If you have not already done so run the installer program to install the software MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 55 Restart your computer if prompted to do so 1 In the Apple menu select Chooser 2 In the left hand si
58. Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor COLOUR PRINTING gt 128 RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor To do this you can use the ICC Profiles provided by Oki and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space MATCHING SPECIFIC COLOURS For instance a Company logo RGB only gt Oki Colour Matching and the E Printing Defouts SRGB setting PCL or PS driver gt PostScript Colour Matching using the Relative Colorimetric option gt Use the Colour Swatch Utility 1 to print out a chart of RGB swatches and enter your desired RGB values in your application s colour picker B tela PRINTING VIVID COLOURS RGB only gt Use Oki Colour Matching with either the Monitor 6500k Vivid sRGB or Digital Camera settings PCL or PostScript emulations COLOUR PRINTING gt 129 PCL DRIVER ACCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The Colour Matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source such as a digital camera The PCL driver s colour options are only designed to work with RGB data If you are printing CMYK data we recommend you use the PostScript driver To open colour matching options from i the Windows
59. T FX FONT EXECUTE DEMO1 EXECUTE PRINT ERROR LOG EXECUTE Explanation Prints complete menu listing with current settings shown Prints a list of overlays macros fonts and other files stored on the printer s hard disk drive if installed Prints complete list of all internal PCL fonts plus those stored in ROM slot 0 flash memory and in hard disk if installed Prints complete list of all internal PostScript emulation fonts Prints complete list of all internal IBM ProPrinter III XL emulation fonts including any downloaded to flash memory or hard disk Prints complete list of all internal Epson FX emulation fonts including any downloaded to flash memory or hard disk Prints demonstration page containing graphics and text in colour and monochrome Prints a list of errors encountered by the printer MENU FUNCTIONS gt 139 SHUTDOWN MENU This menu only appears if the hard disk drive is installed This item should always be selected before switching the printer off to ensure that no hard disk data is lost SHUTDOWN MENU Item Settings Explanation SHUTDOWN START EXECUTE Performs controlled shutdown of the printer ensuring that all files on the internal hard disk are closed before power is turned off Only power the printer off when the display indicates that shutdown is complete MENU FUNCTIONS gt 140 PRINT MENU This menu provides adjustment of various print job related functions PRINT MENU Ite
60. TALK 1 Launch the Print Center utility This is located in the Applications Utilities folder Click Add Printer From the pop up menu choose AppleTalk Choose a printer to connect to Click Add a ee NOTE The correct PPD PostScript Printer Description file should be automatically selected for your printer 6 From the Print Center menu select Quit Print Center NETWORK CONNECTION USING TCP IP The printer can be connected over TCP IP using LPR LPR is simply a method of printing directly over TCP IP without the need for a print server 1 Launch the Print Center utility This is located in the Applications Utilities folder 2 Click Add Printer MAC OS X gt 104 3 From the pop up menu choose LPR Printers using IP 4 Enter the printer s IP address You can find out the printer s IP address as follows a Press the Menu button repeatedly until the display shows INFORMATION MENU b Press the Enter button The printer display reads PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE c Press Enter to print the menu map The Network Card Information sheet shows the printer s IP address 5 Enter the queue name If you do not know the queue name leave it as Use Default Queue on Server 6 From the pop up menu choose your printer model 7 Click Add 8 From the Print Center menu select Quit Print Center USB CABLE CONNECTION 1 Launch the Print Center utility This is located in the Applications Utili
61. There are several settings found on a typical monitor gt 5000k Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphics arts environments gt 6500k Cooler approximates daylight conditions gt 9300k Cool the default setting for many monitors and television sets k degrees Kelvin a measurement of temperature 4 How your software application displays colour Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop may display colour differently from office applications such as Microsoft Word Please see your application s on line help or user manual for more information 5 Paper type The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed colour For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper MAC OS X gt 110 CHOOSING A COLOUR MATCHING METHOD There is no correct way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor and it s printed equivalent There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and reproducible colour However the following guidelines may help in achieving good colour output from your printer There are several suggested methods depending on the type of document you are printing These suggestions are for guidance only Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing Some applications will override any colour matching settings in the printer driver withou
62. This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colours in the source gamut to fully saturated colours in the printer s gamut Absolute Colorimetric Matches colours common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colours to their nearest printed equivalent Tries to print white as it appears on screen The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white so this may result in colour casts especially in the lighter areas of an image MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 77 gt Relative Colorimetric Best for printing solid colours and tints such as company logos etc Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer Much like Absolute Colorimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white i e unlike Absolute Colorimetric this attempts to take the paper white into account CMYK INK SIMULATION Affects CMYK data only This option simulates how the output will look on a printing press using the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Japan If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching by selecting the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match Using option in the printer driver Select the option desired BLACK FINISH Controls the way in which black is printed in colour documents Auto This option is best for an office environment with the printer determining which styl
63. Type the number of Copies you wish to print 3 From the pop up menu select Job Options 4 Select the Collate option 5 Click Print There may also be a collate option provided in the printer driver s General options This should be disabled Similarly if your application has a collate option in it s print settings this should also be disabled Why are there several Collate options Setting Collate within the Job Options enables printer collate This causes the printer to do the actual collating rather than the driver When the printer collates print jobs this increases the print speed mainly because the job is only processed once Selecting Collate in the General options enables driver collate When the driver collates the print job may be sent to the printer multiple times thereby decreasing print speed MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 94 BACKGROUND PRINTING Background printing allows you to print documents and continue to use your Mac at the same time It does this by saving atemporary print file to your hard disk and then sending it to the printer This has the advantage of freeing up your computer much more quickly enabling you to do other things whilst your document is printing The disadvantage of Background printing is that it is slower and your computer s performance may temporarily be affected whilst the print job is processed You can enable and disable Background printing on an individual print job basis by
64. able service However paper jams occasionally do occur and this section explains how to clear them quickly and simply Jams can occur due to paper misfeeding from a paper tray or at any point on the paper path through the printer When a jam occurs the printer immediately stops and the LCD window on the operator panel informs you of the event If printing multiple pages or copies do not assume that having cleared an obvious sheet that others will not also be stopped somewhere along the path These must also be removed in order to clear the jam fully and restore normal operation 1 If a sheet is well advanced out of the top of the printer simply grip it and pull gently to draw it fully out If it does not remove easily do not use excessive force It can be removed from the rear later 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 193 3 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge It will be necessary to remove the four image drums to gain access to the paper path Holding it by its top centre lift the image drum complete with its toner cartridge up and out of the printer a
65. and down through the items in the menu When the item you want to change is displayed press ENTER to edit that item An asterisk appears next to the setting currently in effect 3 Use the keys to move up and down through the available settings for this item and press ENTER when the setting you want is displayed An asterisk will appear next to the setting indicating that this setting is now in effect 4 Press BACK to move back to the list of menu items 5 Do one of the following gt Press BACK again to move up to the list of menus or gt Press ON LINE to exit from the menu system and return to standby MENU FUNCTIONS gt 138 PRINT JOBS MENU This menu only appears when the hard disk drive is installed It is used for printing of documents stored on the internal hard disk These will be stored using either the secure printing feature or the proof and print feature Please refer to these features elsewhere in this manual for instructions on how to use You will be prompted for your password or personal identification number PIN The keys are used to enter each digit and the ENTER key to advance from one digit to the next INFORMATION MENU This menu provides a quick method of listing various items stored within the printer INFORMATION MENU Item Action PRINT MENU MAP EXECUTE PRINT FILE LIST EXECUTE PRINT PCL FONT EXECUTE PRINT PSE FONT EXECUTE PRINT PPR FONT EXECUTE PRIN
66. and wide compatibility with most computer software gt 10Base T and 100Base TX network connection lets you share this valuable resource among users on your office network Additionally the following optional features are also available gt Automatic two sided duplex printing for economical use of paper and compact printing of larger documents gt Additional paper tray for loading a further 530 sheets at a time to minimise operator intervention or different paper stocks for letterhead stationery alternative paper sizes or other print media gt Additional memory allows printing of more complex pages including two sided and booklet pages with the optional duplex unit gt Internal 10GB hard disk drive for storage of overlays macros and downloadable fonts and automatic collation of multiple copies of multipage documents INTRODUCTION gt 9 PRINTER OVERVIEW FRONT VIEW 4 3 1 Output stacker facedown 3 Paper tray Standard printed copy Standard blank paper tray Holds up to 300 delivery point Holds up to sheets of 80g mz2 paper 250 sheets at 80g m 4 Multipurpose feeder 2 Operator panel Used for feeding heavier paper stocks Menu driven operator envelopes and other special media Also for controls and LCD display manual feeding of single sheets when panel required 5 ON OFF switch The LCD display language can be changed to show any of 12 different languages See Changing th
67. andle the same sizes as the cassette trays but in weights up to 203g m2 For very heavy paper stock use the face up rear paper stacker This ensures that the paper path through the printer is almost straight The multipurpose tray can feed paper widths as small as 100mm and lengths up to 1200mm banner printing For paper lengths exceeding 356mm Legal 14in use paper stock between 90g m2 and 128g mz2 and the face up rear paper stacker Use the multipurpose tray for printing on envelopes and transparencies Up to 50 sheets of transparencies or 10 envelopes can be loaded at one time subject to a maximum stacking depth of 10mm Paper or transparencies should be loaded print side up and top edge into the printer Do not use the duplex two sided printing function PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS gt 14 FACE DOWN STACKER The face down stacker on the top of the printer can hold up to 250 sheets of 80g m2 standard paper and can handle paper stocks up to 176g mz2 Pages printed in reading order page 1 first will be sorted in reading order last page on top facing down FACE UP STACKER The face up stacker at the rear of the printer should be opened and the tray extension pulled out when required for use In this condition paper will exit via this path regardless of driver settings The face up stacker can hold up to 100 sheets of 80g m standard paper and can handle stocks up to 203g mz2 Always use this stacker and the multipurpo
68. atched This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colours in the source gamut to fully saturated colours in the printer s gamut WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 46 gt Absolute Colorimetric Best for printing solid colours and tints such as Company logos etc Matches colours common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colours to their nearest printed equivalent Tries to print white as it appears on screen The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white so this may result in colour casts especially in the lighter areas of an image gt Relative Colorimetric Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer Much like Absolute Colorimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white Unlike Absolute Colorimetric this attempts to take the paper white into account CMYK INK SIMULATION Affects CMYK data only This option simulates what the output will look like on a printing press using the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Toyo If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching Select the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match option in the printer driver WINDOWS ICM COLOUR MATCHING Affects RGB data only ICM is the colour management system built into Windows Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your monitor and printer these profiles describe the colou
69. ber box 3 Press Print to proceed with your print job The document will be stored on the printer s hard disk 4 Use the printer front panel controls to print out the document Proof and Print Proof and print allows printing of a single copy of a document for checking before printing multiple copies First the document is assigned a password and processed to a print file The file is saved on the hard disk drive and one copy printed If the document is okay for printing the remaining copies are printed on demand by entering the password through the printer s front panel MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 84 Once the document is printed it is deleted from the hard drive If you wish to retain the document on the hard disk drive after printing it use the Store to Hard Disk feature gt The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final printing gt Ifthe hard disk memory is insufficient for the spooled data DISK FULL is displayed and only one copy printed gt Ifthe software application being used has a collate print option this must be turned OFF for Proof and Print to operate correctly gt Proof and Print may not be available in some software applications 1 Select Proof and Print 2 Enter a job name of up to 16 characters under Job Name Setting and a four digit personal ID number 0000 to 9999 3 Click Print to proceed with your print job Pr
70. cee cee ee eee eee 66 Oki Driver Options 0 cece eee eee eee eee 67 OKI Printer Features cece cee cee ee eens 67 Colour Matching Options 0 eee eee 75 Oki Colour Matching ccc ecw eee ences 76 PostScript Colour Matching 0008 77 CMYK Ink Simulation 0 cece eee ee eee 78 Black Finis Mens oroke onea KEER agree Bs 78 S paratioh S eeens nimesen ansehe nie 79 Custom Gamma Adjustment 00eeeeaee 79 Printer Job Option cece cee eee eee eee 80 To Enable the Job Type Plug in eee eee 82 POD TYPE vioz cards a esevare dia eine penttebvarate ee ar eaueate 83 Multiple pages on one Sheet 0 2s eee 90 Duplex printing cc ccc cece cence ee ees 91 Custom Page SIZES eee eee ee cece ee 92 Print resolution ccc cece eee eee eee 93 Collating eesse ga 93 Background Printing eee eee eee eee 95 Uti IIS aE Sides Seated ean eae E AEEA RS 95 Colour Swatch Utility eee eee ee ee ee 95 Oki PostScript Utility 0 eee ee eee 97 MacOS Kenn his ressee E nde a E E woerbideale deck 4 iota ees AER 103 Printer Drivers cece eee cece cee eee eens 103 Installing the printer software eee ee 103 Setting Up The Printer ccc cece e eee eee 103 Network Connection using AppleTalk 104 Network Connection using TCP IP 104 USB cable connection cee eee e
71. change the logo to that colour The RGB colour on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch In this case don t worry you are using the printed colour swatch to pick a colour instead of judging the colour by the way it appears on screen 5 Print your document using the same driver settings as you originally used see Step 1 OKI POSTSCRIPT UTILITY The Oki PostScript Utility works with printers connected via USB or AppleTalk It does not work with printers connected via TCP IP The utility has the following features gt Adjusts Gamma curves for the printer gt Allows several printer options to be changed including trays and paper types gt Downloads PostScript and PDF files directly to the printer gt Displays font lists gt Initialises formats the printer hard disk gt Allows the printer AppleTalk name and Zone to be changed About Gamma Curves Created with the PostScript Utility The Gamma curves function effectively allows fine control over the printer s brightness and colour output All printer colours can be adjusted together CMYK or each colour can be adjusted separately Adjusting printer gamma is similar to performing a CMYK Curves adjustment in an image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 97 Once a custom gamma adjustment has been made the settings can be saved to the printer s PPD PostScript Printer Description
72. contact details 0 eee ccc ee cee ee eee eee 205 CONTENTS gt 7 NOTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS A note appears in this manual like this A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and understand the product A caution appears in this manual like this A caution provides additional information which if ignored may result in equipment malfunction or damage WARNING A warning appears in this manual like this A warning provides additional information which if ignored may result in a risk of personal injury NOTES CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS gt 8 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on buying an Oki colour printer Your new printer is designed with advanced features to give you clear vibrant colour prints and crisp black and white pages at high speed on a range of print media for the office Your printer includes these features gt Up to 12 pages per minute in full colour for fast printing of high impact colour presentations and other documents gt Up to 20 pages per minute in black and white for fast and efficient printing of all general purpose documents not requiring colour gt 600 x 1200dpi dots per inch print resolution for high quality image production showing the finest detail gt Single Pass Colour Digital LED technology for high speed processing of your printed pages gt PostScript 3 PCL 5C and Epson FX emulations for industry standard operation
73. d on screen COLOUR PRINTING gt 126 Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions For example the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting Printer driver colour settings The driver settings for Manual colour can change the appearance of a print There are several options available to help match the printed colours with those displayed on screen Monitor settings The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Additionally your monitor s colour temperature influences how warm or cool the colours look Several of the Colour Matching options make reference to your monitor s Colour Temperature Many modern monitors allow the colour temperature to be adjusted using the monitor s control panel There are several settings found on a typical monitor gt 5000k Warmest yellowish lighting typically used in graphics arts environments gt 6500k Cooler approximates daylight conditions gt 9300k Cool the default setting for many monitors and television sets k degrees Kelvin a measurement of temperature How your software application displays colour Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe Photoshop may display colour differently from Office applications such as Microsoft Word
74. de of the Chooser window select the LaserWriter printer driver that you use 3 If you are on a network with multiple AppleTalk zones select the appropriate zone for the printer in the bottom left side of the Chooser If your network does not have multiple AppleTalk zones this option will not be visible 4 Click Create the Chooser tries to locate the printer on the network and tries to select the appropriate PPD PostScript Printer Description file The correct PPD should be discovered automatically and installable hardware options are detected and configured as appropriate If the correct PPD cannot be located automatically you will be asked to manually select a file If the printer cannot be discovered by the Chooser it is most likely a connection problem 5 Close TCP IP CONNECTION The printer can be connected over TCP IP using LPR LPR is simply a method of printing directly over TCP IP without the need for a print server This installation procedure uses Apple s Desktop Printer Utility to connect the printer to your Mac You cannot connect to a printer over TCP IP using the Chooser MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 56 gt gt To setup the printer using a TCP IP network connection 1 a Ifyou have not already done so run the installer program to install the software b Restart your computer if prompted to do so Launch the Desktop The Desktop Printer Utility is not provided by Oki Th
75. disk PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 28 PERMANENT PRINT DOCUMENTS With this feature you can create standard documents that you often need to print and store them on your printer s internal hard disk You can then print them at any time without having to send them again from your computer NOTE This feature requires the optional internal hard disk SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT 1 From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button 2 In the driver window on the Job Options tab and select Store to HDD 1 G StwetoHDD SM 1 1 Copies 1 Collate Qualy ne fo ei A mmx M 180 A Wetemaik __ Ovetap Fort _ Advanced Default 3 In the small pop up window which appears enter a name for this print job 16 characters maximum and a 4 digit PIN using any combination of digits from 0 to 7 do not use 8 or 9 and click OK 4 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printers hard disk but will not print PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 29 PRINTING STORED DOCUMENTS Documents stored on the printer s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways gt From the printer s operator panel or gt From your PC desktop using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 Drivers and Utilities with
76. djustment has not been named Any of the values entered in text boxes are outside the acceptable range 0 100 All of the text boxes are blank there must be at least 0 and 100 levels entered Gamma adjustments are stored in the printer s PPD PostScript Printer Description file Ensure that the correct PPD file for your printer is selected if not you may select it manually by clicking the Select button 6 Click Add gt to add your Custom Gamma adjustment to the PPD file PS Gamma Adjuster Select PPD Cancel PPD File Available Gamma Curves OKI C5300 ppd My Gamma Add gt Click Save From the File menu select Quit to exit the Oki PostScript Utility To use the gamma adjustment when printing 1 From your application s File menu choose Print MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 101 2 From the printer driver s pop up menu choose Printer Colour Options 3 Under the Custom Gamma Adjustment selection choose the gamma adjustment you created 21 8 7 1 Printer Destination Printer Colour Options gt N PPD ver 1 0 Colour Matching OKI Colour Matching gt Matching Options Monitor 6500K Auto Rendering Intent Black Finish IF aa use Separations printer halftone Custom Gamma Adjustment L My Gamma FJ gt D Save Settings Pri MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 102 MAC OS X PRINTER DRIVERS CD1 contains the printer drivers Please refer to the readme file on t
77. e Select the Print To File 2 option When prompted for a print file name enter a meaningful name with the extension PRN Close your application OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 162 CREATE AND DOWNLOAD MACROS 1 From the Windows Start menu start Storage Device Manager SDM and allow SDM to discover the printer Choose Printers New Project to start a new project Choose Printers Filter Macro File The Filter Printer Patterns dialogue box appears Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK Example If you create a black oval in MS Paint and leave all the colour command filters checked the black oval will print as a black rectangle when the overlay is used To maintain the oval shape turn off deselect the Configure Image Data Palette ID and Palette Control filters Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the overlay PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have more than one macro file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to Click Open to add these files to the current project You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer directly into the project window if you pre
78. e Before Printing This option allows you to improve your print quality if you suspect there is a problem with printing such as too much graininess in the Select Run Maintenance Cycle Before Printing to force the printer to automatically clean itself before printing MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 89 MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE SHEET The printer driver allows you to print multiple pages in one sheet with each page image reduced in size This is sometimes known as n up printing 1 From the File menu select Print 2 From the pop up menu select Layout 8 71 75 Layout _ 1 Layout direction 2 1 O Border Single hairline M Print on Both Sides Binding a Enter the number of sheets you want to print on a single page b Select the desired print direction c For selections other than 1 you may select a page border to surround each individual page image that will be printed on the single sheet of paper 3 Click Print to print or Save Settings to save and close the printer dialogue box MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 90 DUPLEX PRINTING Duplex Printing is printing on both sides of the paper The optional Duplex Unit must be installed in the printer and configured in the printer driver Paper weight must be from 75 to 105 g mz2 Printing with heavier or lighter paper weights can cause paper jams Paper must be loaded into the paper tray with the print side facing upwards
79. e display language on page 12 INTRODUCTION gt 10 REAR VIEW This view shows the connection panel the rear output stacker and the location of the optional duplex two sided printing unit ON OFF switch 9 Network interface AC power socket 10 Location of optional duplex unit Parallel data interface 11 Rear face up 100 sheet stacker USB interface oe The Network Interface has a protective plug which must be removed before connection can be made When the rear paper stacker is folded down paper exits the printer through the rear of the printer and is stacked here face up This is mainly used for heavy print media When used in conjunction with the multipurpose feed tray the paper path through the printer is essentially straight This avoids bending the paper around curves in the paper path and enables feeding of up to 203g m2 media INTRODUCTION gt 11 CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The language used by your printer for display messages and for report printing can be changed quickly and easily as follows READY ON LINE BACK D ENTER LoD MENU ATTENTION CANCEL D 1 Press the key repeatedly to access the System Configuration Menu 2 Press the ENTER key to enter the System Configuration Menu 3 Press the key to move directly to the last item in this menu LANGUAGE 4 Press ENTER to change this setting Use the keys to move in either direction
80. e is better Glossy This option uses CMYK to represent black Best for photographic images Matte This option uses black toner to represent black Best for business graphics MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 78 SEPARATIONS This option affects output only allowing you to print all colors or separate plates Select the option desired If an application does not have a colour separation feature you can still print four colour separations Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black with the printer driver Each colour separation is printed using black toner the blacker the area the more of the relevant colour toner will be used in the composite CUSTOM GAMMA ADJUSTMENT This option requires the installation and use of the Oki PostScript utility See the relevant section for further instructions You will need to create a custom gamma profile using the Oki PostScript Utility before selecting one here Black Overprint This option prevents registration errors and only works for 100 black text Click on the checkbox to enable the option Printer Halftone This option prevents the halftone of a high end graphics application from printing Click on the checkbox to enable the option MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 79 PRINTER JOB OPTION To access Printer Job Options 21 8 7 1 1 Printer Destination 2 e Printer Job Options Media Type Printer Setting PPD ver 1 0 O Collate CO Rotate Page
81. e paper so that when folded they make up a booklet Booklet printing requires the duplex unit to be installed in your printer Poster printing will print large pages as tiles spread over multiple sheets 4 For two sided printing you can choose to flip the page by the long edge or the short edge Of course this requires that a duplex unit be installed in your printer 5 If you have changed some printing preferences before and saved them as a Set you can recall them to avoid having to set them individually each time you need them 6 A single on screen button restores the default settings WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 34 SECURE PRINTING FEATURE With this feature you can send confidential documents to print and have them stored in the printer until you are ready to print them Documents sent in this way are protected by a PIN personal identification number which must be entered before they will print This is useful when you need to print confidential documents ona printer which is shared with or accessible to other people With both PS and PCL drivers this feature requires the optional internal hard disk to be fitted and enabled in the Start Settings Printers Properties Device options dialogue SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button PCL Emulation 1 In the driver window on PCL on
82. e to latch it closed Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 189 15 When the printer is ready print a menu map as follows a Press the button to access the Information Menu b Press ENTER once for the menu map c Press ENTER again to print the menu map d When the menu map is printed press ON LINE to exit the menu system 16 Examine the first page of the menu map Near the top of the page between the two horizontal lines you will see the current printer configuration This should now indicate that the hard disk unit is installed All that remains is to configure the Windows printer driver so that it knows the hard disk unit has been fitted and the additional features can be made available immediately INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 190 ADJUSTING WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications Remember that if your printer is shared between users on different computers the driver must be adjusted on each user s machine The illustrations shown here are for Windows XP Other Windows versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same PCL DRIVER If you have installed a memory upgrade it is not necessary to change the PCL printer driver and you can ignore this section If you have installed a duplex unit
83. ee eee eee 105 Configuring Installed Hardware Options 106 To manually configure installed hardware options cc eee eee eee eee 106 OP eration iis areri Riera ete POS ecg tesa bee ale AY 108 Colour Matching ccc cece cee eee eeeee 109 Factors that affect the appearance of prints 109 Choosing a Colour Matching Method 111 RGB Or CMYK es a E EEEE L ENA T 111 CONTENTS gt 5 Matching Photographic Images 64 111 Matching Specific Colours cee eee 112 Printing Vivid Colours ee ce eee eee eee 112 Oki Driver Options cece cece cee eee eee 113 OKI Printer Features cc eee eee ee eee eee 113 Operations sesso rae esinin eE a bow eee EE EE as 122 Collatina aar a E esd eee deve 5 122 Multiple Pages on One Sheet 008 122 Duplessis s eeaeee biaid a R E a i a eter eels 123 Paper Feed Type Select cee cece eee 124 Colour Printing cece cee eee teen ee eens 126 Factors that affect the appearance of prints 126 Choosing a Colour Matching Method 128 RGB or CMYK cic See ee ee ea ua NSR 128 Matching Photographic Images 128 Matching Specific Colours 00 eee 129 Printing Vivid Colours ee cee eee ee eee 129 PCL Driver ronen see Sobek Canetti sce Reels baie ake Sie 130 Accessing the colour Matching Options 130 Setting the colour matchi
84. eed the paper capacity of about 50 sheets or 10 envelopes Maximum stacking depth is 10mm 3 Press the tray latch button 3 inwards to release the paper platform so that the paper is lifted and gripped in place Set the correct paper size for the multipurpose tray in the Media Menu see Menu Functions LOADING PAPER gt 19 PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS Your printer s operator panel menus provide access to many options The Windows printer driver also contains settings for many of these items Where items in the printer driver are the same as those in the operator panel menus and you print documents from Windows the settings in the Windows printer driver will override those items in the operator panel menus The illustrations in this chapter show Windows XP Windows 2000 versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same PCL OR POSTSCRIPT Two printer drivers are supplied with your printer one for PCL emulation and the other for PostScript 3 emulation If you print mainly from general Office applications choose the PCL driver For faster printing of PDF documents choose PostScript If you print mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications choose PostScript PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your document from a Windows application program a print dialogue box appears This dialogue usually specifies the name of the printer on which you wi
85. elad piner Reniy dialogue box appears This he LEN epe Comment Print to fije dialogue usually specifies the ae name of the printer on which you ca Nunbeotesp N will print your document Next to gt E m ee the printer name is a Properties m button WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 32 When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document The window which opens when you click Properties depends on which printer driver has been installed The PostScript driver offers different choices to the PCL driver PostScript Emulation 1 Paper size should be the PS Properties same as the page size of Paper Graphics Device Options PostScript your document unless Paper size _Ad 209 9 x 297 0 mm you wish to scale the 1 A D a printout to fit another Letter Legall4 Legal13 ma size and should also be 3 pe the same as the size of goum me p paper you will feed into Orientation a Portrait the printer 3 al ar ices You can specify how many Papersource AutoSelect Tray pages to print on a sheet o 3 i irene Pages will be scaled to fit 4 More Options About Restore Defaults the number you choose Cancel w Page orientation sets portrait tall or landscape wide page orientation Rotated turns the paper through 90 degrees anti clockwise ES
86. ending on how you have installed the printer driver the colour profiles may already be associated with the driver To associate ICC Colour Profiles with the printer driver 1 Access the printer settings via the Start menu 2 Right click the printer name and choose Properties 3 Click the Colour Management tab 4 Under Colour Profiles currently associated with this printer you should see the names of profiles that match your printer model If you do not see any profiles associated with the driver click Add and locate the ICC profiles for your printer Windows ICM uses the information in these profiles to convert colours in your documents to colours that the printer can reproduce The way in which this conversion is performed can be controlled via the ICM Intent control in the printer driver USING ICC PROFILES Windows 2000 and Windows XP Affects RGB data only This provides a method of matching RGB colours similar to Windows ICM matching The main advantage it has over Windows ICM colour matching is that it provides a method of printing using both input and output profiles Windows ICM matching only allows output profiles to be chosen Input profiles provide information about the colour in the original device that was used to capture or display the image data For example an input device could be a scanner digital camera or monitor Output profiles provide information about the device to which you are printing
87. er oes Printer Info a YOUR PRINTER Installable Options B Available Tray 1 Standard a m Duplex M Hard Disk Memory Configuration 64 MB RAM Ea Apply Changes MAC OS X gt 107 6 Click Apply Changes 7 From the Print Center menu choose Quit Print Center OPERATION This section explains how to change the printer s operation for specific print jobs when required The PostScript printer drivers supplied with this machine provide several controls for changing the colour output of your printer Generally using the default settings will suffice producing good results for most documents Many applications have their own colour settings and these may override the settings in the printer driver Please refer to the documentation for your software application for details on how that particular program s colour management functions MAC OS X gt 108 COLOUR MATCHING FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF PRINTS If you wish to manually adjust the colour settings in your printer driver please be aware that colour reproduction is a complex topic and there are many factors to take into consideration Some of the most important factors are listed below 1 Differences between the range of colours a monitor or printer can reproduce gt Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colours visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain ra
88. er type The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed colour For example a printout on recycled paper can look duller than one on specially formulated glossy paper MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 64 CHOOSING A COLOUR MATCHING METHOD There is no correct way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor and it s printed equivalent There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and reproducible colour However the following guidelines may help in achieving good colour output from your printer There are several suggested methods depending on the type of document you are printing These suggestions are for guidance only Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing Some applications will override any colour matching settings in the printer driver without warning RGB OR CMYK The guidelines for choosing a colour matching method makes distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most documents you print will be in RGB format This is the most common and if you do not know your document s colour mode assume that it is RGB Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor RGB or CMYK
89. era This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken sRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the gamut set of printable colours are modified POSTSCRIPT COLOUR MATCHING This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data Rendering Intents When a document is printed a conversion takes place from the document s colour space to the printer colour space The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place The rendering intents that the printer driver provides are listed below gt Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together COLOUR PRINTING gt 134 gt Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colours but less accurately matched This makes it the recommended choice for graphs charts diagrams etc Maps fully saturated colours in the source gamut to fully saturated colours in the printer s gamu
90. ere may be a copy of the Desktop Utility on your Mac hard disk located in the Applications Mac OS 9 folder under Utlities Alternatively the utility can be installed by performing Custom installation from the Mac OS 9 Installation CD At this step you are given the choice of creating a Desktop Printer using either the Adobe PostScript driver if installed or the LaserWriter driver Choose the LaserWriter driver 2 Select Printer LPR and click OK 3 In the PostScript Printer Description PPD File section click Change and select the PPD file for your printer 4 In the LPR Printer Selection section click Change 5 Enter the printer s IP address in the Printer Address section 6 Enter the queue name in the Queue section If you don t know the Queue name leave it blank 7 Click Verify to confirm the connection to the printer 8 Click OK 9 Click Create This prompts you to give the printer a name 1 0 Enter the name you wish to use and click Save A printer icon is created on your Desktop MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 57 USB CONNECTION This installation procedure uses Apple s Desktop Printer Utility to connect the printer to your Mac You cannot connect to a PostScript printer over USB using the Chooser To set up the printer using a USB connection a Ifyou have not already done so run the installer program to install the software b Restart your computer if prompted to do so
91. fe 4 wv Always use printer halftone Preview Save As POF Cancel Print gt MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 71 Rendering Intents are only used when Postscript Colour Matching is selected When a document is printed a conversion takes place from the document s colour space to the printer colour space The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place Select the option desired Absolute Colorimetric Matches colours common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colours to their nearest printed equivalent Tries to print white as it appears on screen The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white so this may result in colour casts especially in the lighter areas of an image Auto The best default selection as this selects the optimal settings for a general office environment Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together Relative Colorimetric Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer Best for solid colours and tints Much like Absolute Colorimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white i e unlike Absolute Colorimetric this attempts to take the paper white into
92. fer When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message The project window will display one BIN file for each printer file added Make a careful note of the name and ID number for each of the files You will need them later If you wish to edit the names or ID numbers double click the file entry and edit the details Volume details are as follows 0 printer s disk drive PCL partition 1 printer s disk drive Common partition diskO printers disk drive PostScript partition 2 flash memory PCL Flash0 flash memory PostScript OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 163 10 Note that the names are case sensitive and will be needed later exactly as they appear in this list Choose Projects Save Project and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it Choose Projects Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message TEST PRINTING THE MACRO 1 2 Choose Printers Test Macro In the Test Macro window enter its ID number and click OK After a short pause the printer will print the macro When each macro has been tested click Exit Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects Exit to close Storage Device Manager DEFINING OVERLAYS This is the final step be
93. fore the new overlays are ready for use 1 Open the Printers called Printers and Faxes in Windows XP window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel Right click on the Relevant PostScript printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu On the Job Options tab click the Overlay button In the Overlay window Click the Define Overlays button 1 A mga Name Pages CK cance Hep Defaut OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 164 5 In the Define Overlays window enter the name a and ID 2 of the required overlay and define which page s c of your documents will use this overlay Then click the Add button 3 to add this overlay to the list of defined overlays Repeat for any other related overlays When done click the Close button 4 to close the window The example illustrated shows two overlays defined one fora cover page and one for continuation pages Remember that names and IDs of overlay files must be entered exactly as they appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window Remember also that names are case sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay name or ID when you created them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there The new overlays will now appear in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties windo
94. from an application using File Print 1 Open the drop down menu and select Layout MAC OS X gt 122 2 From the Layout screen select the options desired Layout ey Pages per Sheet 4 mo Layout Direction a S n N Border Single hairline iH O G Preview Save As POF Cancel Print a For Multiple Pages access Pages per sheet b Select the desired Layout Direction c Select a Border between the sheets if desired DUPLEX Duplex printing can only be carried out on standard paper sizes and paper weights between 20 and 28 lb 75 and 105 g m The optional duplex unit must be installed in the printer and enabled before duplex printing can be carried out Paper must be loaded into the paper tray with the print side facing upwards The multi purpose tray cannot be used for duplex printing To access first select your desired printer from an application using File Print 1 Open the drop down menu at left and select Duplex MAC OS X gt 123 2 From the Duplex screen select the options desired Duplex iH w Print on Both Sides oo 2 Q Preview Cave As POF Cn GD a For Duplexing printing on both sides of the sheet select Print on Both Sides b Select which Binding you prefer Normally the first option is the default PAPER FEED TYPE SELECT The Paper Feed option allows the selection of different types of paper or trays The options selected affect o
95. g the remaining copies WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 37 STORE TO HARD DISK With this feature you can create standard documents that you often need to print and store them on your printer s internal hard disk You can then print them at any time without having to send them again from your computer With both PS and PCL drivers this feature requires the optional internal hard disk to be fitted and enabled in the Start Settings Printers Properties Device options dialogue SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT From your application s Print dialogue select your printing choices in the normal way and then click the Properties button PCL Emulation 1 In the driver window on ROGUE TES the Job Options tab select 5s ri canal Store to HDD 1 2 In the small pop up a window which appears Copies 1 a T Collate Miscellaneous enter a name for this print C Bea sasa fo job 16 characters T maximum and a 4 digit poin PIN using any combination ame re lA of digits from 0 to 9 and Te AA EE click OK Defaut ce S 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 38 PostScript Emulation 1 In the driver window on the Device Options tab select Store to HDD 1 PS Properties HE ma j Dat _ Paper Graphics Device Options PostScript Printer features Available prin
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97. he rest NOTE This feature requires the optional internal hard disk in the printer SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT 1 From your application s Print dialogue select the number of copies you need and then click the Properties button 2 In the driver window on the Job Options tab and select Proof and Print 2 2 2 m vows Default 3 In the small pop up window which appears enter a name for this print job 16 characters maximum and a 4 digit PIN using any combination of digits from 0 to 7 do not use 8 or 9 and click OK 4 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but only the first copy will print PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 26 PRINTING THE REMAINING COPIES Documents stored on the printer s hard disk may be printed in either of two ways gt From the printer s operator panel or gt From your PC desktop using the Storage Device Manager utility supplied on CD1 Drivers and Utilities with the printer Printing from the operator panel READY Oo BACK ENTER ATTENTION ON LINE MENU 1 Press the button to access the Print Jobs menu 2 Press ENTER to select this menu 3 Use the buttons to display the first digit of your PIN and then press ENTER to enter this digit Repeat this procedure for each of the four digits 4 Use the
98. his CD for the latest information on printer driver installation If the settings selected manually in the printer differ from those selected in the printer driver the printer will not print and the LCD will display an error message Switch off antivirus software before installing a printer driver You need Adminstrator rights to install the Printer Software This is because the installer has to copy files into your Mac OS X system and needs the approriate permissions INSTALLING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE Place the software CD ROM in your computer s CD ROM drive 1 2 Double click the CD icon that appears on your Desktop 3 Double click the Language folder 4 Double click the Mac OS X installer icon to launch the software installer Follow the on screen instructions SETTING UP THE PRINTER There are 3 ways in which you can connect your printer to your Mac Network connection using AppleTalk Network connection using TCP IP using LPR protocol USB cable connection MAC OS X gt 103 Choose the connection method most suitable for your needs If the printer model is already displayed in the Print Center Mac OS X may have automatically discovered it Although Mac OS X may automatically discover the printer it may not be using the correct PPD PostScript Printer Description file In this case you should delete the printer from Print Center and then perform the following steps NETWORK CONNECTION USING APPLE
99. his you can use the ICC Profiles provided by Oki and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space Alternatively use PostScript Colour Matching with the Relative Colorimetric setting PRINTING VIVID COLOURS RGB only gt Use Oki Colour Matching with either the Monitor 6500k Vivid sRGB or Digital Camera settings RGB or CMYK gt Use PostScript Colour Matching with the Saturation option MAC OS X gt 112 OKI DRIVER OPTIONS This section references only the Oki specific driver selections OKI PRINTER FEATURES 1 From within your application select File Print 2 Then open the drop down menu at left and select Printer Features Feature Set 1 The tab s features are explained below Printer YOUR PRINTER ERES Presets Standard Printer Features iE Feature Sets Set 1 i Q Quality Best Z C Collate Media Type Use Printer Settings 3 Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed No a Black Overprint Preview Save As PDF Cancel C Print gt 1 Quality A straightforward selection of the print quality desired Normal normal resolution fast speed Choose this for quick proofing of drafts Best high resolution slower speed Provides optimum results when printing graphics Select your desired print quality MAC OS X gt 113 Printer YOUR PRINTER 2 Presets Standard Printer Features Ea Fea
100. ies Order No 01074101 In particular avoid office transparencies designed for use by hand with marker pens These will melt in the fuser and cause damage Labels should also be of the type recommended for use in copiers and laser printers in which the base carrier page is entirely covered by labels Other types of label stock may damage the printer due to the labels peeling off during the printing process Suitable types are gt Avery White Laser Label types 7162 7664 7666 A4 or 5161 Letter gt Kokuyo A693X series A4 or A650 B5 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS gt 13 CASSETTE TRAYS Size Dimensions Weight g m A6 Tray 1 only 105x148mm A5 148 x 210mm B5 182 x 257mm Light 64 74g m2 Executive 184 2 x 266 7mm Medium 75 90g mz2 A4 210 x 297mm Heavy 91 120g m2 Letter 215 9 x 279 4mm Ultra heavy 121 176g m2 Legal 13in 216 x 330mm Tray 2 only Legal 13 5in 216 x 343mm Legal 14in 216 x 356mm If you have identical paper stock loaded in another tray 2nd tray if you have one or multipurpose tray you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper When printing from Windows applications this function is enabled in the driver settings See Printer Settings in Windows later in this guide When printing from other systems this function is enabled in the Print Menu See Menu Functions later in this guide MULTIPURPOSE TRAY The multipurpose tray can h
101. int the document from the software application being used The document will be stored on the printer s hard disk and one copy will print for your perusal 4 After checking the proof you can then print or delete if incorrect the remaining copies of the document using the procedures given below At the Printer E ONLINE m CANCEL E EEE C 1 Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU will appear on the display MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 85 2 Press ENTER ENTER PASSWORD will appear on the display 3 Use to set the number for the first digit of the password then press ENTER to enter the number and move to the next digit ENTER PASSWORD BAI Will be displayed showing first digit selection 4 Repeat step 3 for each of the remaining digits in the password SELECT JOB ALL JOBS will be displayed when all digits have been selected 5 To print all jobs stored under your password press ENTER To print a specific job press until the job you wish to print appears on the second line of the display then press ENTER The document will print and be deleted from the HDD Deleting the Confidential Document Before Printing it 1 Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU will appear on the display 2 Press ENTER ENTER PASSWORD will appear on the display 3 Use to set the number for the first digit of the password then press ENTER to enter the number a
102. inter 1 87 1 A 2 9e e Print Type Normal O Job Spool O Secure O Proof and Print O Store to HDD Job Name Personal ID Number O Run maintenance cycle before printing Com The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final printing If the hard disk memory is insufficient for the spooled data DISK FULL is displayed and only one copy printed If the software application being used has a collate print option this must be turned OFF for Secure Printing to operate correctly Secure printing may not be available in some software applications 1 To access Job Type first select your desired printer from an application using File Print 2 Then open the drop down menu directly underneath the printer and select Job Type MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 83 Each option on the Job Type screen is detailed below Normal This is the default setting for which no further action is required Job Spool If you wish to spool your print job to the printer s hard drive select Job Spool Secure Print Setup This option allows you to print confidential documents on printers that are shared with other users in a network environment 1 Select the Secure option 2 Enter a job name of up to 16 characters next to Job Name anda four digit personal ID number 4 digit password 0000 to 9999 in the ID Num
103. inter s disk drive Common partition diskO printers disk drive PostScript partition 2 flash memory PCL Flash0 flash memory PostScript NOTE The names are case Sensitive and will be needed later exactly as they appear in this list 8 Choose Projects gt Save Project and enter a meaningful name e g Letter Stationery so that you can recognise it 9 Choose Projects Send Project Files to Printer to download the project to the printer 10 When the message Command Issued appears confirming that the download is complete click OK to clear the message Test printing the macro 1 Choose Printers Test Macro 2 In the Test Macro window enter its ID number and click OK After a short pause the printer will print the macro When each macro has been tested click Exit 4 Click the standard Windows Close X button or choose Projects Exit to close Storage Device Manager Step 3 Defining overlays This is the final step before the new overlays are ready for use 1 Open the Printers window via the Start menu or the Windows Control Panel WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 51 6 Right click on the relevant PCL printer icon and choose Printing Preferences from the pop up menu On the Job Options tab click the Overlay button In the Overlay window Click the Define Overlays button 1 Cincai Hep Defaut In the Define Overlays window enter the name a a
104. l Camera settings PCL or PostScript emulations WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 41 PCL DRIVER ACCESSING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The Colour Matching options in the printer driver can be used to help match your printed colours to the ones displayed on your monitor or from some other source such as a digital camera The PCL driver s colour options are only designed to work with RGB data If you are printing CMYK data we recommend you use the PostScript driver To open colour matching options from x the Windows Control Panel eS Job 0 1 Open the Printers window ana i Right click the printer name and choose Properties 2 Click the Printing Preferences button 1 K cava m To open colour matching options from within a Windows application 1 Choose File Print from the application s menu bar 2 Click the Properties button next to the printer name WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 42 SETTING THE COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS 1 On the Colour tab select Manual for Colour Matching ee Si Choose from the available options bo a Monitor 6500k nos Perceptual Optimised for printing ao daylight photographs b Monitor 6500k Vivid a c d e Optimised for printing bright colours Good for office graphics Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a professional graphics monitor Digital Came
105. lack plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 6 Remove the new cartridge from its box but leave its wrapping material in place for the moment 7 Gently shake the new cartridge from end to end several times to loosen and distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge 8 Remove the wrapping material and peel off the adhesive tape from the underside of the cartridge REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 171 10 11 12 Holding the cartridge by its top centre with the coloured lever to the right lower it into the printer over the image drum unit from which the old cartridge was removed Insert the left end of the cartridge into the top of the image drum unit first pushing it against the spring on the drum unit then lower the right end of the cartridge down onto the image drum unit Pressing gently down on the cartridge to ensure that it is firmly seated push the coloured lever 1 towards the rear of the printer This will lock the cartridge into place and release toner into the image drum unit Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 172 IMAGE DRUM REPLACEMENT
106. ll print your document Next to the printer name is a Properties button When you click Properties a new window opens which contains a short list of the printer settings available in the driver which you can choose for this document The window which opens when you click Properties depends on which printer driver has been installed The PostScript driver offers different choices to the PCL driver PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 20 POSTSCRIPT EMULATION 1 Page orientation sets portrait tall or landscape wide page 1 1 orientation The rotated rotates the 2 paper through 90 degrees anti clockwise iscape Nl When printing double sided pages duplex unit required You can flip the paper either on its long edge or short edge Pages can be printed in forward or reverse order If using the face down top paper stacker forward order is usually appropriate to ensure that pages are stacked in numerical order If using the face up rear paper stacker reverse order would normally stack your pages in numerical order You can specify how many pages to print on a sheet Pages will be scaled to fit the number you choose If you choose booklet printing requires duplex unit two pages will automatically be set and pages will be printed with the correct pages opposite one another so that folding the stacked printout produces a
107. logo to that colour The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch If this is the case it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce colour Here itis unimportant since your primary objective is to print the required colour WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 44 POSTSCRIPT DRIVER COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The PostScript driver offers several different methods of controlling the colour output of the printer Some of the colour matching options only work on certain types of data The table below summarises the various options available and what types of data they affect Colour Matching Option RGB data CMYK data Oki Colour Matching Yes No PostScript Colour Matching Yes Yes CMYK Ink Simulation No Yes Windows ICM Matching Yes No Oki Colour Matching This is Oki s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only gt Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images gt Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colours gt SRGB is the best choice for matching specific colours such as printing logos Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Good for office graphics and text Monitor 9300k
108. logue box appears Make any adjustments in the settings that you need and then click OK Example If you create a black oval in MS Paint and leave all the colour command filters checked the black oval will print as a black rectangle when the overlay is used To maintain the oval shape turn off deselect the Configure Image Data Palette ID and Palette Control filters 4 Set the Files of Type drop down list to PRN Files prn Navigate to the folder where the overlay PRN files are stored and select one or more of these to include in your overlay set You can have more than one macro file in a project For example one for top pages and another for continuation pages Use standard Windows techniques Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple files simultaneously if you need to 6 Click Open to add these files to the current project You can also drag and drop files from Windows Explorer directly into the project window if you prefer When a message box appears confirming that a filter file has been created click OK to clear the message WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 50 7 The project window will display one BIN file for each printer file added Make a careful note of the name and ID number for each of the files You will need them later If you wish to edit the names or ID numbers double click the file entry and edit the details Volume details are as follows 0 printer s disk drive PCL partition 1 pr
109. m COPIES DUPLEX PAPER FEED AUTO TRAY SWITCH TRAY SEQUENCE MP TRAY USAGE MEDIA CHECK RESOLUTION TONER SAVE MODE MONO PRINT SPEED ORIENTATION Settings 1 999 ON OFF TRAY1 TRAY2 MP TRAY ON OFF DOWN UP PAPER FEED TRAY DO NOT USE WHEN MISMATCH ENABLE DISABLE 600x1200DPI 600DPI OFF ON AUTO COLOR SPEED NORMAL SPEED PORTRAIT LANDSCAPE Explanation Enter the number of copies of a document to be printed from 1 to 999 Turns the duplex 2 sided printing function on or off if this feature is installed Selects the default tray for paper feed Tray 1 upper Tray 2 lower if installed or MP Tray multipurpose tray If two trays contain identical paper the printer can switch to an alternative source when the current tray runs out in the middle of a print job Determines tray sequence order when automatically switching If a document to be printed demands a paper size not installed in the selected tray the printer can automatically feed from the multipurpose tray instead If this function is not enabled the printer will stop and request the correct size of paper to be loaded Determines whether the printer check the size of paper loaded matches that required for the document sent to print Sets the default resolution for printing dots per inch 600x1200DPI uses more memory and requires more time to process but prints at a higher quality Reduces the amount
110. mm to 216mm and length from 127mm to 900mm MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 92 PRINT RESOLUTION The print resolution affects the quality of your printouts Select the highest print resolution to get the optimum quality 1 From the File menu select Print 2 From the pop up menu select Printer Job Options 3 Under the Resolution setting choose from either Best The highest resolution your printer is capable of Normal A medium resolution suitable for most documents 4 Click Print NOTE Higher print resolutions require more memory and the job may take longer to be sent to the printer COLLATING Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive fitted However fitting a HDD will achieve greater performance If the software application being used has a collate print option it is recommended to use only one collate option to prevent any conflicts in printing i e collate from the software application or collate from the printer driver The following instructions explain how to select collating using a printer driver MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 93 To setup collate 1 From the File menu choose Print The General dialogue box should be displayed If not select General from the menu B71 General Copies E M Collated Pages All k Q From To D Paper Source All pages from Auto Select J Q First page from Tray 1 gt Remaining from Tray 1 2
111. mmodate the selected type of media BOND RECYCLED CARD STOCK ROUGH GLOSSY MEDIUM 75 90g Selects the media weight to be fed from the m multipurpose tray HEAVY 91 121g m ULTRA HEAVY 122 203g m3 MILLIMETER Selects the unit of measure for the next two INCH items 100 210 216 Selects the width of paper defined by the MILLIMETER CUSTOM settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings 148 297 1200 Selects the length of paper defined by the MILLIMETER Custom settings referred to in the foregoing PAPER SIZE settings Note that media of up to 1200mm in length can be fed from the multipurpose tray for banner printing MENU FUNCTIONS gt 144 COLOR MENU The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or particularly difficult print jobs Settings revert to their default values when the next print job is complete COLOR MENU Item Settings Explanation DENSITY CONTROL AUTO If set to AUTO image density will be MANUAL automatically adjusted at power on whena new image drum or toner cartridge is installed and at intervals of 100 300 and 500 drum counts If a 500 drum count interval occurs during a print job it will occur at the end of that job and will take up to 55 seconds
112. nce your primary objective is to print the required colour COLOUR PRINTING gt 132 POSTSCRIPT DRIVER COLOUR MATCHING OPTIONS The PostScript driver offers several different methods of controlling the colour output of the printer Some of the colour matching options only work on certain types of data The table below summarises the various options available and what types of data they affect Colour Matching Option RGB data CMYK data Oki Colour Matching Yes No PostScript Colour Matching Yes Yes CMYK Ink Simulation No Yes Windows ICM Matching Yes No Using ICC Profiles Yes No 1 Not Windows NT 4 2 Not Windows 95 98 Me Oki Colour Matching This is Oki s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only gt Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images gt Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colours gt SRGB is the best choice for matching specific colours such as printing logos Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Good for office graphics and text COLOUR PRINTING gt 133 Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 9300K Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital cam
113. nd ID b of the required overlay as noted in step 2 para 7 and define which page s c of your documents will 1 I 1 use this overlay Then click the D a Add button 1 to add this overlay mwte p Custom Pages to the list of defined overlays Ena pae nmen tei Repeat for any other related 2 __4 se overlays this will create a group of overlays When done click the Close button 2 to close the window Overlay Name Remember that names and IDs of overlay files must be entered exactly as they appeared in the Storage Device Manager project window Remember also that names are case sensitive If you forgot to note the overlay name or ID when you created them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there The new overlays will now appear in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window When done click OK to close the printing preferences window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 52 INSTALLING UPGRADES ADJUSTING WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVERS Once your new upgrade has been installed you may need to update the Windows printer driver so that the additional features are available to your Windows applications Remember that if your printer is shared bet
114. nd move to the next digit ENTER PASSWORD Bate Will be displayed showing first digit selection 4 Repeat step 3 for each of the remaining digits in the password MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 86 SELECT JOB ALL JOBS Will be displayed when all digits have been selected 5 Press CANCEL DELETE THE JOB Y ENTER N CANCEL Will be displayed 6 Press ENTER to delete the job then press ON LINE Store to Hard Disk Store to HDD job spooling allows print jobs to be temporarily stored on the hard disk before printing This is ideal for forms generic memos letterhead stationery etc The internal hard disk must be installed in the printer and enabled to allow for spooling of the print job before final printing If the hard disk memory is insufficient for the spooled data DISK FULL is displayed and only one copy printed If the software application being used has a collate print option this must be turned OFF for Store to Hard Disk to operate correctly Store To Hard Disk may not be available in some software applications 1 Select Store to HDD 2 Enter a job name of up to 16 characters under Job Name and a four digit personal ID number 0000 to 9999 3 Click Print to proceed with your print job The document will be stored on the printer s hard disk 4 The document can then be printed or deleted using the procedures given below MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 87 Printing the Stored document fr
115. ng options 131 Using the Colour Swatch feature 132 PostScript Driver ee eee cece ce eee eens 133 Colour Matching Options 02 0 e eee 133 PostScript Colour Matching 006 134 CMYK Ink Simulation 0 00 cee eee ee eee 135 Windows ICM Colour Matching 135 Using ICC Profiles 0 eee cee eee eee 136 Menu functions cece ec e ee c eee eee eees 138 Print jobs MENU eee cece eee cette eee 139 Information Menu ec cee eee cee cee eee ee 139 Shutdown Menu cece cece ec cee ee eee ees 140 Print MODUS se eo ia sae sno eaaa alge ban sdpaoded R 141 Media Menu cece cece cee cece ence aa 143 Color MENU zes Tonea a Seton Haare che ose NE cote wid ha pane 145 System configuration MenuU cee ee eee eee 147 PCL GM ulation ois sieciceie cea terana REEE oe eee vai 149 Parallel On sisiccsedicscseue sibiacagh o s dcpeial dee Se aveee 9 aie meas stats 152 USB Menus 6 6 sine ieee oie ETET ole ea Dad eS a Sierras wie 152 Network MENU eee cece eee cette eee e ees 153 CONTENTS gt 6 Maintenance MeNU cece cece ee eee ee eens 154 Usage MENU iss onein ete utaa ba aar a 155 Overlays and MacroS cece eee eee eee eee ees 156 What are overlays and macroS eee eee eee 156 Creating PostScript OverlayS eee eee 157 Creating the overlay image 0006
116. nge of colours In addition to this a printer cannot reproduce all of the colours displayed on a monitor and vice versa Both devices use very different technologies to represent colour A monitor uses Red Green and Blue RGB phosphors or LCDs a printer uses Cyan Yellow Magenta and Black CMYK toner or ink A monitor can display very vivid colours such as intense reds and blues and these cannot be easily produced on any printer using toner or ink Similarly there are certain colours some yellows for example that can be printed but cannot be displayed accurately ona monitor This disparity between monitors and printers is often the main reason that printed colours do not match the colours displayed onscreen 2 Viewing conditions A print can look very different under different lighting conditions For example the colours in a print may look different when viewed standing next to a sunlit window compared to how they look under standard office fluorescent lighting MAC OS X gt 109 3 Monitor settings The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change how your document looks on screen Additionally your monitor colour temperature influences how warm or cool the colours look Several of the Printer Driver s Colour Matching options make reference to your monitor s Colour Temperature Many modern monitors allow the colour temperature to be adjusted using the monitor s control panel
117. nly the current document being printed To access first select your desired printer from an application using File Print 1 Open the drop down menu at left and select Paper Feed 2 From the screen click the arrows button to select the desired option Printer YOUR PRINTER a8 Presets Standard a _ Paper Feed hy All pages from Auto Select B O First page from Tray 1 Remaining from Tray 1 E erT Preview Save As PDF Cancel Print 9 3 From the various options presented make your desired selection MAC OS X gt 124 Auto Select If you have identical paper stock loaded in the Multi Purpose Tray or the optional Second Paper Tray you can have the printer automatically switch to the other tray when the current tray runs out of paper Paper Options When you select a paper type option the printer automatically accesses the proper tray For example when Labels is selected the printer will pull from the Multipurpose tray where the labels should be inserted Tray Options Select the drawer desired for the current print job MAC OS X gt 125 COLOUR PRINTING The printer drivers supplied with your printer provide several controls for changing the colour output For general use the automatic settings will suffice providing reasonable default settings that will produce good results for most documents Many applications have their own colour
118. nt the menu map d When the menu map is printed press ON LINE to exit the menu system Examine the first page of the menu map Near the top of the page between the two horizontal lines you will see the current printer configuration This list should indicate that the duplex unit is now installed Allthat remains is to adjust the Windows printer driver to make full use of the new features INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 184 MEMORY UPGRADE The basic printer model comes equipped with 64MB of main memory This can be upgraded with an additional memory board containing 64MB 128MB or 256MB giving a maximum total memory capacity of 320MB Installation takes a few minutes and requires a medium size cross head philips type screwdriver 1 Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on recently the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch 3 Lift the front cover latch and pull open the front cover 4 Remove the screw securing the right hand side cover 5 Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown and pull the cover away from the printer at the top Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer Place it safely to one side INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 185 Carefully remove the new memory board from its wra
119. of toner used for imaging Toner saving gives lighter prints but is more economical Selects the printer s print engine speed for the type of print media in use Selects default page orientation between portrait tall and landscape wide MENU FUNCTIONS gt 141 PRINT MENU Item Settings Explanation LINES PER PAGE 5 64 128 Sets the number of lines of text per page when raw text is received from systems other than Windows The default for A4 portrait is 65 and for Letter is 60 EDIT SIZE CASSETTE SIZE Sets the size of the printable page area to LETTER match the size of paper in use This is not EXECUTIVE the same as the physical paper size which LEGAL14 is always slightly larger For dimensions of LEGAL13 5 physical page sizes see Paper LEGAL13 Recommendations section in this guide A4 A5 A6 B5 CUSTOM COM 9 ENVELOPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE MENU FUNCTIONS gt 142 MEDIA MENU This menu provides adjustment to suit a wide range of print media MEDIA MENU Item Settings Explanation TRAY1 PAPERSIZE A4 A5 A6 B5 Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 1 LEGAL14 upper tray if both trays installed For LEGAL13 5 CUSTOM setting see X DIMENSION and Y LEGAL13 DIMENSION later in this table LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM TRAY1 MEDIATYPE PLAIN Selects the type of media loaded in this LETTERHEAD tray This will help the printer to adjust its BOND internal operating parame
120. om page Sizes s es 92 D Duplex how to install Lessee 183 paper size and weight limits 15 selecting in Windows 21 22 33 34 E Envelopes loading areca ceeds 19 F Fonts printing a liSt eeeeeeee 139 Fuser how to replace 180 life expectancy eseese 167 life remaining eee 155 H Hard disk drive how to install seess 188 l Image drum how to replace life expectancy Image drums current usage State 155 L Labels recommended type 000 13 Language display and report language selection 0seeccesrsvosneeees 148 M Mac OS 8 6 9 2 2 job option POD LY PQ iscsi odece Macintosh Printer driver installation 55 Macintosh OS 10 2 Operation COATING oo eee eeeeeeeeereeeeee 122 general printing directions eeeeeeeeee 122 INDEX gt 202 multiple pages on ONE Sheet eeeeeeeeeeeeeee 122 paper feed type select 124 Menus Colour MENU ee eeeeeeeeee 145 factory default settings 138 how tO USC oo ecceeeeeeeeeeee Information menu Maintenance menu Media MeNu scccccceeeeees 143 MENU MAP cecccceeeesseseeeeeenes 139 Network MENU ccccccceeeeeeeee 153 Parallel menu PCL emulation menu 149 Print jobs MeNU eee 139 Print MENU ee eeeeeeeeseeeeeeees 141 resetting 0 0 eee eeececceeeeeeeeeteee 154 saving current Settings 154 System configuration
121. om the printer Front Panel ONLINE E m CANCEL E _ Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU will appear on the display Press ENTER ENTER PASSWORD will appear on the display Use to set the number for the first digit of the password then press ENTER to enter the number and move to the next digit ENTER PASSWORD 5 Will be displayed showing first digit selection Repeat step 3 for each of the remaining digits in the password SELECT JOB ALL JOBS Will be displayed when all digits have been selected Press until the job you wish to print appears on the second line of the display then press ENTER The document will print Deleting the Confidential Document from the Hard Disk Drive HDD 1 Press to enter the menu mode PRINT JOBS MENU will appear on the display MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 88 Press ENTER ENTER PASSWORD will appear on the display Use to set the number for the first digit of the password then press ENTER to enter the number and move to the next digit ENTER PASSWORD 549 Will be displayed showing first digit selection Repeat step 3 for each of the remaining digits in the password SELECT JOB ALL JOBS will be displayed when all digits have been selected Press CANCEL DELETE THE JOB Y ENTER N CANCEL will be displayed Press ENTER to delete the job then press ON LINE Run Maintenance Cycl
122. on recently the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch 3 Lift the front cover latch and pull open the front cover 4 Remove the screw securing the right hand side cover 5 Lift the edge of the side cover slightly at the two points shown and pull the cover away from the printer at the top Lift the cover slightly to detach it from the printer Place it safely to one side INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 188 6 10 11 12 13 14 Identify the six locating holes indicated in the illustration which will be used to locate the disk unit onto the side of the printer With the component side of the disk unit facing the printer and the connector cable towards the rear lift the disk unit handle away from the disk body Plug the end of the connecting cable 1 into the disk unit connector 2 in the printer Locate the six legs of the disk unit into the mounting holes on the printer Push the handle flat against the disk unit which will lever the unit slightly towards the rear of the printer locking it into place Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer Close the top of the side cover up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4 Close the front cover and close the top cover pressing down firmly at each sid
123. onds the printer will 30 wait for paper to be fed before cancelling 60 the job WAIT TIMEOUT 5 40 300 Specifies how many seconds the printer will wait when received data pauses before forcing a page eject In PostScript Emulation mode the job will be cancelled if timeout occurs LOW TONER CONTINUE Specifies whether the printer should STOP continue printing even after a low toner condition is detected MENU FUNCTIONS gt 147 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MENU Items Settings Explanation JAM RECOVERY Specifies whether the printer should OFF perform jam recovery after a paper jam has occurred If ON the printer will attempt to print again any pages lost due to a paper jam once the jam has been cleared ERROR REPORT ON If ON the printer will print error details OFF when a PostScript Emulation error occurs LANGUAGE English Sets the language used for the display German window and printed reports French Italian Spanish Swedish Norwegian Danish Dutch Turkish Portuguese Polish MENU FUNCTIONS gt 148 PCL EMULATION This menu controls settings effective when the printer is operating in PCL emulation mode PCL EMULATION Item Settings Explanation RESIDENT DIMMO Specifies the location of the PCL default DIMM1 font Normally this will be INTERNAL DOWNLOADED unless additional fonts are installed in the expansion ROM slot or additional fonts have been downloaded to RAM as permanent fonts FONT No 1000 C0
124. onfidential documents ssssssssssssssseesee 23 35 Proof printing sseeeeee 26 37 S Standard documents printing stored documents 30 storing in the printer 29 38 Store to Hard Disk eseeeeeeee 38 Switching off correctly 140 T Toner current usage State 155 how to replace 168 life expectancy oo reese 167 Transparencies recommended type e0006 13 U Upgrades duplex Unit ee eeeeseeeeeeee 183 MEMON oeiee 185 USB enabling or disabling 152 INDEX gt 204 OKI CONTACT DETAILS Oki Systems UK Limited 550 Dundee Road Slough Trading Estate Slough SL1 4LE Tel 44 0 1753 819819 Fax 44 0 1753 819899 http www oki co uk Oki Systems Ireland Limited The Square Industrial Complex Tallaght Dublin 24 Ireland Tel 353 1 4049590 Fax 353 1 4049591 http www oki ie OKI Systems Ireland Ltd 40 Sydenham Park Belfast BT4 1PW Tel 44 44 0 28 90 20 1110 http www oki ie Technical Support for all of Ireland Tel 353 1 4049570 Fax 353 1 4049555 E mail tech support oki ie Oki Data Corporation 4 11 22 Shibaura Minato ku Tokyo 108 8551 Japan Tel 81 3 5445 6158 Fax 81 3 5445 6189 http www okidata co jp Oki Data Singapore Pte Ltd 78 Shenton Way 09 01 Singapore 079120 Tel 65 221 3722 Fax 65 421 1688 http www okidata com sg Oki Systems Thailand Ltd 956 Udomvidhya Buildin
125. option MAC OS X gt 119 Feature Set 3 The tab s features are explained below Printer YOUR PRINTER Presets Standard Printer Features H Feature Sets Set 3 E M CMYK Ink Simulation None H Separations Off B e E4 Media Check L Toner Saving 2s __ Page Rotate 8 o Preview Save As PDF Cancel Print gt 1 Ink Simulation Affects CMYK output only and is usually used in offset printer environments only This option simulates what the output will look on a printing press using the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Japan If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching by selecting the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match Using option in the printer driver Select the option desired 2 Separations This option affects output only allowing you to print all colours or separate plates Select the option desired 3 Media Check Sets whether the printer checks the matching of paper size to that of the tray Only standard sizes are checked 4 Toner Saving Checking this will enable toner saving but reduce print quality and provide a much lighter print MAC OS X gt 120 Printer YOUR PRINTER Presets Standard Printer Features wy Feature Sets Set 3 E CMYK Ink Simulation None _ Separations Off i ww Media Check C Toner Saving Qo C Page Rotate
126. or matching specific colours such as a company logo colour This option attempts to simulate RGB colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified MAC OS X gt 117 4 Rendering Intent Printer YOUR PRINTER 2 Presets Standard Printer Features iz Feature Sets Set 2 E Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching E Black Finish Auto i Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto E Rendering Intent Auto ot v Always use printer halftone Preview Save As POF Cancel E Print d Rendering Intents are only used when Postscript Colour Matching is selected When a documentis printed a conversion takes place from the document s colour space to the printer s colour space The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place Select the option desired Absolute Colorimetric Matches colours common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colours to their nearest printed equivalent Tries to print white as it appears on screen The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white so this may result in colour casts especially in the lighter areas of an image Auto The best default optionas this selects the optimal settings fora general office environment Perceptual
127. our application select File then Print 2 Then open the drop down menu at left and select Printer Features Feature Set 1 The tab s features are explained below Printer YOUR PRINTER Presets Standard Printer Features i Feature Sets Set 1 i Qq Quality _ Best E C Collate ERES Media Type Use Printer Settings 3 Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed No Ea C Black Overprint Preview Save As PDF Cancel G 1 Quality A straightforward selection of the print quality desired Normal normal resolution fast speed choose this for quick proofing of drafts Best high resolution slower speed provides optimum results when printing graphics Select your desired print quality MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 67 Printer YOUR PRINTER ws Presets Standard Printer Features i Feature Sets Set 1 Quality Best ix Collate Media Type Use Printer Settings w H Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed No H Black Overprint T Preview Save As PDF Cancel Orrin gt Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance This option is useful when printing multiple copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence Click to enable collation of your documents 1 2
128. pping Try to handle the board only by its short edges avoiding contact with any metal parts as far as possible In particular avoid touching the edge connector Notice that the memory board has a small cutout in the edge connector which is closer to one end than the other Identify the RAM expansion slot 1 in the printer If the RAM expansion slot already contains a memory upgrade board that board will have to be removed before you can install the new one To remove it proceed as follows otherwise skip to step 10 a Identify the locking clips 2 at each end of the RAM expansion slot 1 b Push the clips outward and back into the printer The board will pop out slightly c Grip the board firmly by its short edges and pull it out of the slot d Place the removed memory board in the antistatic bag which originally contained the new memory board INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 186 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Hold the new memory board by its short edges so that the edge connector faces in towards the RAM expansion slot and the small cutout is closer to the rear of the printer Gently push the board into the RAM expansion slot until it latches in and will not go any further Locate the three retaining clips at the bottom of the side cover into their rectangular holes near the bottom of the printer Close the top of the side cover
129. r to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 168 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser may be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 169 3 Pull the coloured toner release lever 1 on the cartridge to be replaced towards the front of the printer Lift the right hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left hand end as shown and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the printer 1 i 2 REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 170 5 Put the cartridge down gently onto a piece of paper to prevent toner from marking your furniture and to avoid damaging the green drum surface CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of the cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a b
130. ra Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken sRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 43 USING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE The Colour Swatch function prints ERIE BE charts which contain a range of sample SS SS Colour Mode v0 colours Note that this is not the full hata range of colours that the printer can Fae produce Listed on each sample colour are the corresponding RGB Red Green Blue values This can be used to pick specific colours in applications that allow you to choose your own RGB D values Simply click the Color Swatch e e button 1 and choose from the options available o i ca m An example of using the Colour Swatch function You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red The steps you would follow are 1 Print a colour swatch then select the shade of red that best suits your needs 2 Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade that you liked 3 Using your program s colour picker enter these same RGB values and change the
131. right pull the lever towards you This will release the bond between the toner cartridge and the image drum cartridge 6 Lift the right hand end of the cartridge and then draw the cartridge to the right to release the left hand end as shown and withdraw the toner cartridge out of the image drum cartridge Place the cartridge on a piece of paper to avoid marking your furniture 7 Take the new image drum cartridge out of its packaging and place it on the piece of paper where the old cartridge was REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 175 placed Keep it the same way round as the old unit Pack the old cartridge inside the packaging material for disposal Place the toner cartridge onto the new image drum cartridge as shown Push the left end in first and then lower the right end in It is not necessary to fit a new toner cartridge at this time unless the remaining toner level is very low Push the coloured release lever 1 away from you to lock the toner cartridge onto the new image drum unit and release toner into it REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 176 10 Holding the complete assembly by its top centre lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity 11 Finally close the top cover and press down fi
132. rinter Colour Options 3 le 21 8 7 1 PPD ver 1 0 ALa Colour Matching OKI Colour Matching Matching Options Monitor 6500K Auto Rendering Intent Auto CMYK Ink Simulation O Black Overprint o o Black Finish y Always use Separations 4 printer halftone Custom Gamma Adjustment Mone 2 Com To access Colour Options 1 Select the desired printer from an application using File Print 2 Open the drop down Menu and select Printer Colour Options 3 Select the option required COLOUR MATCHING OPTION RGB DATA CMYK DATA Oki Colour Matching Yes No PostScript Colour Matching Yes Yes CMYK Ink Simulation No Yes MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 75 OKI COLOUR MATCHING This is Oki s proprietary colour matching system and affects RGB data only gt Perceptual settings are best for printing photographic images gt Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce the brightest colours gt SRGB is the best choice for matching specific colours such as printing logos Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Ideal for office graphics and text Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Digital Camera Optimised for prin
133. rmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 177 REPLACING THE BELT UNIT The belt unit is located under the four image drums This unit requires replacement approximately every 50 000 pages Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered on the fuser will be hot This area is clearly labeled Do not touch 2 Note the positions of the four cartridges It is essential that they go back in the same order 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 178 3 Lift each of the image drum units out of the printer and place them in a safe place away from direct sources of heat and light CAUTION The green image drum surface at the base of each cartridge is very delicate and light sensitive Do not touch it and do not expose it to normal room light for more than 5 minutes If the drum unit needs to be out of the printer for longer than this please wrap the cartridge inside a black plastic bag to keep it away from light Never expose the drum to direct sunlight or very bright room lighting 4 Locate the two fasteners 5 at each side of the belt and the lifting bar 6 a
134. rom the 2nd lower tray do not pull out the 1st upper tray This will cause a paper jam LOADING PAPER gt 17 6 For face down printing make sure the face up rear stacker 3 is closed the paper exits from the top of the printer Stacking capacity is approximately 250 sheets depending on paper weight 7 For face up printing make sure the face up rear stacker 3 is open and the paper support 4 is extended Paper is stacked in reverse order and tray capacity is approximately 100 sheets depending on paper weight 8 Always use the face up rear stacker for heavy paper card stock etc CAUTION Do not open or close the rear paper exit while printing as it may result in a paper jam LOADING PAPER gt 18 MULTIPURPOSE TRAY 1 Open the multi purpose tray and press gently down on the paper platform 1 to ensure it is latched down 2 Load the paper and adjust the paper guides 2 to the size of paper being used gt For single sided printing on headed paper load the paper into the multipurpose tray with pre printed side up and top edge into the printer gt For two sided duplex printing on headed paper load the paper with pre printed side down and top edge away from the printer Optional duplex unit must be installed for this function gt Envelopes should be loaded face up with top edge to the left and short edge into the printer Do not select duplex printing on envelopes gt Do not exc
135. rs that your device is capable of reproducing ICC profiles can be associated with your printer via the Colour Management tab of the printer driver Depending on how you have installed the printer driver the colour profiles may already be associated with the driver To associate ICC Colour Profiles with the printer driver 1 Access the printer settings via the Start menu WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 47 2 Right click the printer name and choose Properties Click the Colour Management tab 4 Under Colour Profiles currently associated with this printer you should see the names of profiles that match your printer model If you do not see any profiles associated with the driver click Add and locate the ICC profiles for your printer Windows ICM uses the information in these profiles to convert colours in your documents to colours that the printer can reproduce The way in which this conversion is performed can be controlled via the ICM Intent control in the printer driver WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 48 OVERLAYS AND MACROS NOTE PostScript overlays are not available for Windows 95 98 Me CREATING PCL OVERLAYS Three steps are required to create an overlay 1 Create the form data using your own application software and print it to a printer PRN file 2 Use the Storage Device Manager utility software supplied on CD with your printer to create a project file import the PRN file and download
136. rs within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified COLOUR PRINTING gt 131 USING THE COLOUR SWATCH FEATURE The Colour Swatch function prints charts which contain a range of sample colours Note that this is not the full range of colours that the printer can produce Listed on each sample colour are the corresponding RGB Red Green Blue values This can be used to pick specific colours in applications that allow you to choose your own RGB values Simply click the Color Swatch button 1 and choose from the options available Printing Defaults PR Setup Job Options Color Color Mode Auto Color Manual Color Monochrome 1 Color Swatct Default Cam cara Lites An example of using the Colour Swatch function You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red The steps you would follow are 1 Print a colour swatch then select the shade of red that best suits your needs 2 Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade that you liked 3 Using your program s colour picker enter these same RGB values and change the logo to that colour The RGB colour displayed on your monitor may not necessarily match what was printed on the colour swatch If this is the case it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor and printer reproduce colour Here itis unimportant si
137. s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but will not print until you request it See Chapter Printer Settings in Windows for information on printing secure documents WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 36 Proof and print feature This feature allows you to send multiple copies of a document to print but only print the first copy so that you can check the output quality before printing the rest With both PS and PCL drivers this feature requires the optional internal hard disk to be fitted and enabled in the Start Settings Printers Properties Device options dialogue SENDING THE DOCUMENT TO PRINT From your application s Print dialogue select the number of copies you need and then click the Properties button 1 In the driver window on PCL on LPT Properties the Job Options tab select Jee Proof and Print 1 i 2 In the small pop up A ewoo M window which appears i E enter a name for this print sa o job 16 characters soo Trace maximum and a 4 digit o PIN using any combination Aan D of digits from 0 to 9 and Waemaks vei Fons Advanced click OK Defaut C ce av _ tow 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printers hard disk but only the first copy will print See Chapter Printer Settings in Windows for information on printin
138. se feeder for paper stocks heavier than 176g mz2 DUPLEX UNIT This option provides automatic two sided printing on the same range of paper sizes as tray 2 i e all cassette sizes except A6 using paper stocks from 75 105g m2 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS gt 15 LOADING PAPER CASSETTE TRAYS 1 Remove the paper tray from the printer 2 Fan the paper to be loaded at the edges 1 and in the middle 2 to ensure that all sheets are properly separated then tap the edges of the stack on a flat surface to make it flush again 3 S y 1 2 3 LOADING PAPER gt 16 3 Load letter headed paper face down and top edge towards the front of the printer as shown 4 Adjust the rear stopper 1 and paper guides 2 to the size of paper being used To prevent paper jams gt Do not leave space between the paper and the guides and rear stopper gt Do not overfill the paper tray Capacity depends on the type of paper stock gt Do not load damaged paper gt Do not load paper of different sizes or types at the same time gt Do not pull the paper tray out during printing except as described below for the 2nd tray gt Close the paper tray gently 5 If you have two trays and you are printing from the 1st upper tray you can pull out the 2nd lower tray during printing to reload it However if printing f
139. sheet from the belt push the fuser pressure release lever 4 towards the front and down to release the fuser s grip on the sheet and withdraw the sheet through the drum cavity area Then allow the pressure release lever to rise again If the sheet is well advanced into the fuser only a short length is still visible do not attempt to pull it back Follow the next step to remove it from the rear of the printer CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 196 8 Starting with the cyan image drum unit nearest the fuser replace the four image drums back into the drum cavity making sure to locate them in the correct order 1 Cyan cartridge 2 Magenta cartridge 3 Yellow cartridge 4 Black cartridge Holding the complete assembly by its top centre lower it into place in the printer locating the pegs at each end into their slots in the sides of the printer cavity CLEARING PAPER JAMS gt 197 9 Lower the top cover down but do not press down to latch it closed yet This will protect the drums from excessive exposure to room lighting while you check the remaining areas for jammed sheets 10 Open the rear exit tray 5 and check for a sheet of paper in the rear path area 6 gt Pull out any sheets found in this area gt If the sheet is low down in this area and difficult to remove it is probably still gripped by the fuser In this
140. t gt Absolute Colorimetric Best for printing solid colours and tints such as Company logos etc Matches colours common to both devices exactly and clips the out of gamut colours to their nearest printed equivalent Tries to print white as it appears on screen The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white so this may result in colour casts especially in the lighter areas of an image gt Relative Colorimetric Good for proofing CMYK colour images on a desktop printer Much like Absolute Colorimetric except that it scales the source white to the usually paper white Unlike Absolute Colorimetric this attempts to take the paper white into account CMYK INK SIMULATION Affects CMYK data only This option simulates what the output will look like on a printing press using the ink types SWOP Euroscale or Toyo If using CMYK Ink Simulation it is recommended that you switch off all other Printer Colour Matching Select the No Colour Matching option under the Colour Match option in the printer driver WINDOWS ICM COLOUR MATCHING Windows 98 Me 2000 and XP only Affects RGB data only ICM is the colour management system built into Windows Windows ICM uses ICC profiles for your monitor and printer these profiles describe the colours that your device is capable of COLOUR PRINTING gt 135 reproducing ICC profiles can be associated with your printer via the Colour Management tab of the printer driver Dep
141. t the front end 5 Turn the two fasteners 90 to the left This will release the belt from the printer chassis 6 Pull the lifting bar 6 upwards so that belt tilts up towards the front and withdraw the belt unit from the printer 7 Lower the new belt unit into place with the lifting bar at the front and the drive gear towards the rear of the printer Locate the drive gear into the gear inside the printer by the rear left REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 179 corner of the unit and lower the belt unit flat inside the printer 8 Turn the two fasteners 5 90 to the right until they lock This will secure the belt unit in place 9 Replace the four image drums complete with their toner cartridges into the printer in the same sequence as they came out cyan nearest the rear magenta yellow and black nearest the front 10 Finally close the top cover and press down firmly at both sides so that the cover latches closed FUSER REPLACEMENT The fuser is located inside the printer just behind the four image drum units WARNING If the printer has recently been powered on some fuser components will be very hot Handle the fuser with extreme care holding it only by its handle which will only be mildly warm to the touch A warning label clearly indicates
142. t warning RGB OR CMYK The guidelines for choosing a colour matching method makes distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most documents you print will be in RGB format This is the most common and if you do not know your document s colour mode assume that it is RGB Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor To do this you can use the ICC Profiles provided by Oki and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space MAC OS X gt 111 MATCHING SPECIFIC COLOURS For instance a Company logo RGB only gt gt Oki Colour Matching and the sRGB setting PostScript Colour Matching using the Relative Colorimetric option Use the Colour Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB swatches and enter your desired RGB values in your application s colour picker RGB or CMYK gt If you are printing from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor To do t
143. ted them you can find them using Storage Device Manager to view the project file or the printer s Information Menu to print a file list and identify them from there Click Add 5 to add this overlay into the defined overlays list Click OK to close the Define Overlay window The new overlay now appears in the Defined Overlays list in the printer properties window Repeat the above procedure if you wish to define more overlays When done click OK to close the printer properties window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 160 PRINTING WITH POSTSCRIPT OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters The first prints on just the top page and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages 1 Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application software Remember if necessary to format the document so that it will fit within the appropriate space Open your application s Print dialogue and choose any options you will require ensuring that the target printer is your PostScript printer driver in which the overlays have been defined Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window On the Overlays tab choose Bs Printing Preferences Use Overlay from the drop 7 down list 1
144. ter memory in KB 5001 E Printer features PASSWORD1 0 PASSWORD2 o 4 Change setting for Available Tray 1 Standard cara Apely Restore Defaults ae Apply 2 In Printer Features select Password 1 1 above and select a number from 0 9 in the Change Setting for drop down box 2 above Repeat for passwords 2 4 A Password is part of a PIN Password 1 is the first digit of a PIN Password 2 is the second digit of a PIN etc 3 Click OK again to close the driver window and again to close your application s Print dialogue The document will be sent to the printer s hard disk but will not print See Chapter Printer Settings in Windows for information on printing stored documents WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 39 COLOUR PRINTING CHOOSING A COLOUR MATCHING METHOD There is no correct way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor and its printed equivalent There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and reproducible colour The following guidelines may help in achieving good colour output from your printer There are several suggested methods depending on the type of document you are printing These suggestions are for guidance only Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing Some applications will override any colour matching settings in the printer driver witho
145. ters such as RECYCLED engine speed and fusing temperature to ROUGH better accommodate the media to be fed For example letterhead may benefit froma slightly lower fusing temperature to ensure that its ink does not offset TRAY1 LIGHT 64 74g m2 Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM 75 90g stock loaded in thus tray m HEAVY 91 105g m TRAY2 PAPERSIZE A4 A5 B5 Selects the size of paper loaded in Tray 2 LEGAL14 lower if installed For CUSTOM setting see LEGAL13 5 X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION later in this LEGAL13 table LETTER EXECUTIVE CUSTOM TRAY2 MEDIATYPE PLAIN Selects the type of media loaded in this LETTERHEAD tray BOND RECYCLED ROUGH TRAY2 LIGHT 64 74g m2 Adjusts the printer for the weight of paper MEDIAWEIGHT MEDIUM 75 90g stock loaded in thus tray m HEAVY 91 176g m MENU FUNCTIONS gt 143 MEDIA MENU Item MPT PAPERSIZE MPT PAPERTYPE MPT MEDIAWEIGHT UNIT OF MEASURE X DIMENSION Y DIMENSION Settings Explanation LETTER Selects the size of paper to be fed from the EXECUTIVE multipurpose tray For CUSTOM setting see LEGAL14 X DIMENSION and Y DIMENSION later in this LEGAL13 5 table LEGAL13 A4 A5 A6 B5 CUSTOM COM 9 ENVELOPE COM 10 ENVELOPE MONARCH ENV DL ENVELOPE C5 ENVELOPE PLAIN Selects the type of media to be fed from the LETTERHEAD multipurpose tray so that the printer can TRANSPARENCY adjust its internal parameters to better LABELS acco
146. the area If in doubt switch the printer off and wait at least 10 minutes for the fuser to cool before opening the printer cover Switch off the printer and allow the fuser to cool for about 10 minutes before opening the cover REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 180 1 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully 2 3 Pull the two fuser retaining levers 2 towards the front of the printer so that they are fully upright 4 Holding the fuser by its handle 1 lift the fuser straight up and out of the printer If the fuser is still warm place it on a flat surface which will not be damaged by heat 5 Remove the new fuser from its packaging and remove the transit material REPLACING CONSUMABLE ITEMS gt 181 Holding the new fuser by its handle make sure that it is the correct way round The retaining levers 2 should be fully upright and the two locating lugs 3 should be towards you iw Lower the fuser into the printer locating the two lugs 3 into their slots in the metal partition which separates the fuser area from the image drums Push the two retaining levers 2 towards the rear of the printer to lock the fuser in place
147. the printer Printing from the operator panel READY Oo BACK ENTER ATTENTION MENU ON LINE gt 1 Press the button to access the Print Jobs menu 2 Press ENTER to select this menu 3 Use the buttons to display the first digit of your PIN and then press ENTER to enter this digit Repeat this procedure for each of the four digits 4 Use the buttons to display each of your stored secure documents in turn or to select all documents When the required selection is displayed press ENTER to print the document s 5 If you have only selected a single document to print the display will prompt you for the number of collated copies you wish to print default is 1 copy Use the buttons to choose the number of copies you want and press ENTER to begin printing After a short pause the selected document will print PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 30 Printing from your PC desktop If you have installed the Storage Device Manager software from the supplied CD you can also print permanently stored documents directly from your PC desktop 1 2 From the Windows Start menu run Storage Device Manager If necessary use the SDM Printer Discovery window to find all available printers on your network or connected to your computer Select the icon for the printer holding your secure documents From the Printers menu choose HDD Print Jobs In the HDD Print Jobs window choose the Vie
148. through the list of available languages until the language you want is displayed 6 Press the ENTER key to select this language 7 Press the ON LINE key to exit the menu system and return the printer to standby The LCD display language can be changed to any of these languages English Norwegian German Danish French Dutch Italian Turkish Spanish Portuguese Swedish Polish INTRODUCTION gt 12 PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS Your printer will handle a variety of print media including a range of paper weights and sizes transparencies and envelopes This section provides general advice on choice of media and explains how to use each type The best performance will be obtained when using standard 75 90g mz2 paper designed for use in copiers and laser printers Suitable types are gt Ajro Wiggins Colour Solutions 90g m2 gt Colour Copy by Neuisedlier Use of heavily embossed or very rough textured paper is not recommended Pre printed stationery can be used but the ink must not offset when exposed to the high fuser temperatures used in the printing process Envelopes should be free from twist curl or other deformations They should also be of the rectangular flap type with glue that remains intact when subjected to hot roll pressure fusing used in this type of printer Window envelopes are not suitable Transparencies should be of the type designed for use in copiers and laser printers We strongly recommend Oki transparenc
149. ties folder 2 Click Add Printer 3 From the pop up menu choose USB 4 Choose a printer to connect to 5 Click Add NOTE The correct PPD PostScript Printer Description file should be automatically selected for your printer 6 From the Print Center menu select Quit Print Center MAC OS X gt 105 CONFIGURING INSTALLED HARDWARE OPTIONS This information is for Mac OS X 10 2 or higher only This feature is not available on Mac OS X 10 0 10 1 5 When you set up a printer using AppleTalk or USB the printer s installed hardware options are normally detected and automatically configured However if you are setting up a printer using TCP IP or have added any additional hardware options since setting up the printer you need to manually configure installed hardware options TO MANUALLY CONFIGURE INSTALLED HARDWARE OPTIONS 1 Launch the Print Center utility This is located in the Applications Utilities folder 2 Select the printer model in Print Center eee Printer List a SO Make Default Add Delete Status 3 From the Printers menu select Show Info MAC OS X gt 106 4 From the menu select Installable Options oes Printer Info YOUR PRINTER y Name amp Location k Printer Model t Printer Location Local zone i A Queue Name YOUR PRINTER Host Name Local Apply Changes f 7 ZA 5 Select all the relevant hardware options that are installed in your print
150. ting photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken sRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 76 POSTSCRIPT COLOUR MATCHING This uses PostScript Colour Rendering Dictionaries built into the printer and affects both RGB and CMYK data Rendering Intents When a document is printed a conversion takes place from the document s colour space to the printer colour space The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place The rendering intents that the printer driver provides are listed below gt Auto The best default selection as this selects the optimal settings for a general office environment Perceptual Best choice for printing photographs Compresses the source gamut into the printer s gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together Saturation Best choice for printing bright and saturated colours if you don t necessarily care how accurate the colours are
151. tion is best for an office environment with the printer determining which style is better Matte This option produces a True Black K only Gloss This option uses CMY to produce a Composite Black Oki Colour Match Options These options are available when Oki Colour Matching is selected in Colour Match Using You can match to a device such as a Monitor or Digital Camera Select the option desired based upon the information below Digital Camera Optimised for printing photographs taken with a digital camera This tends to produce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce brightest colours MAC OS X gt 116 Monitor 6500k Auto The default setting that selects the best options for your printer This selection works best for office graphics Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K This is best for printing photographic images Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Ideal for office graphics and text Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce the brightest colours Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 9300K sRGB Optimised f
152. ts Many applications have their own colour settings and these may override the settings in the printer driver Please refer to the documentation for your software application for details on how that particular program s colour management functions MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 62 COLOUR MATCHING FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF PRINTS If you wish to manually adjust the colour settings in your printer driver please be aware that colour reproduction is a complex topic and there are many factors to take into consideration Some of the most important factors are listed below 1 Differences between the range of colours a monitor or printer can reproduce gt Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the full range of colours visible to the human eye Each device is restricted to a certain range of colours In addition to this a printer cannot reproduce all of the colours displayed on a monitor and vice versa Both devices use very different technologies to represent colour A monitor uses Red Green and Blue RGB phosphors or LCDs a printer uses Cyan Yellow Magenta and Black CMYK toner or ink A monitor can display very vivid colours such as intense reds and blues and these cannot be easily produced on any printer using toner or ink Similarly there are certain colours some yellows for example that can be printed but cannot be displayed accurately ona monitor This disparity between monitors
153. ture Sets Set 1 Ea Quality _ Best Z C Collate Media Type Use Printer Settings w 6 Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed No E C Black Overprint D Preview Save As PDF Cancel Orrin gt Collate Collating can be carried out with or without a hard disk drive installed However printers with a hard disk drive will provide greater performance This option is useful when printing multiple copies of large documents and you want to print them in sequence Click to enable collation of your documents Media Type Many options are available for selecting the thickness of the paper type Normally the Printer Setting is sufficient Select your desired Media Type Any option other than Use Printer Settings will override the setting at the printer Multipurpose tray is handled as manual feed When this is checked the printer waits until the Online button is pressed before feeding paper from the Multipurpose Tray This is useful for printing on stationery such as envelopes If the manual feed timeout is exceeded the print job is discarded and the printer goes back Online MAC OS X gt 114 5 Black Overprint This option prevents registration errors and only works for 100 black text Click on the checkbox to enable the option Feature Set 2 The tab s features are explained below Printer YOUR PRINTER Presets Standard Printer
154. uce prints with lighter and brighter colours For some photographs other settings may be better depending on the subjects and the conditions under which they were taken Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce the brightest colours MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 70 Monitor 6500k Auto The default setting that selects the best options for your printer This selection works best for office graphics Monitor 6500k Perceptual Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K This is best for printing photographic images Monitor 6500k Vivid Optimised for printing bright colours when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 6500K Ideal for office graphics and text Vivid or Digital Camera settings produce the brightest colours Monitor 9300k Optimised for printing photographs when using a monitor with a colour temperature of 9300K sRGB Optimised for matching specific colours such as a company logo colour This option attempts to simulate RGB colour The colours within the printer s colour gamut are printed without any modification and only colours that fall outside the printable colours are modified Rendering Intent Printer YOUR PRINTER gg Presets Standard Printer Features E Feature Sets Set 2 E Colour Matching Using Oki Colour Matching i Black Finish Auto i Oki Colour Match Options Monitor 6500K Auto Rendering Intent Auto
155. up to the printer and refit the securing screw removed in step 4 Close the front cover and close the top cover pressing down firmly at each side to latch it closed Reconnect the AC power cable and switch the printer on When the printer is ready print a menu map as follows a Press the button to access the Information Menu b Press ENTER once for the menu map c Press ENTER again to print the menu map d When the menu map is printed press ON LINE to exit the menu system Examine the first page of the menu map Near the top of the page between the two horizontal lines you will see the current printer configuration This list contains the figure for total memory size This should indicate the total memory now installed which should be the size of memory board you have installed plus 64MB If you are using the Windows PostScript driver follow the instructions later in this section to adjust the driver INSTALLING UPGRADES gt 187 HARD DISK DRIVE The optional 10GB internal hard disk drive HDD enables collating of printed pages and can be used to store overlays and macros fonts and secure or proof documents waiting to be printed Installation takes a few minutes and requires a medium size cross head philips type screwdriver 1 Switch the printer off and disconnect the AC power cable 2 Press the cover release and open the printer s top cover fully WARNING If the printer has been powered
156. using the printer driver 1 From the File menu select Print 2 From the pop up menu select Background Printing 3 From Print In select the Background option 4 If you want to enable background printing as default click Save Settings 5 Click Print UTILITIES Two utilities are provided on your printer driver s CD ROM the Colour Swatch Utility and the Oki PostScript Utility The installer programs for these utilities are found in the Utilities folder on your CD ROM COLOUR SWATCH UTILITY The Colour Swatch Utility prints out charts that contain a range of sample colours Listed below each sample colour are the corresponding RGB Red Green Blue values This can be used to pick MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 95 specific colours in applications that allow you to choose your own RGB values B Swatch Utility H An example of using the Colour Swatch Utility Suppose you wished to print a logo in a particular shade of red Here are the steps you would follow to accomplish a good colour match using the Colour Swatch utility 1 Print a colour swatch taking care to note the printer driver colour settings that you use 2 Select a shade of red that best suits your needs 3 Take a note of the RGB value below the particular shade of red that you prefer MAC OS 9 X CLASSIC gt 96 4 Using your application program s colour picker enter these same RGB values from Step 3 and
157. ut warning RGB or CMYK The guidelines for choosing a colour matching method makes distinctions between Red Green Blue RGB and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMYK Generally most documents you print will be in RGB format This is the most common and if you do not know your document s colour mode assume that it is RGB Typically CMYK documents are only supported in professional Desktop Publishing and Graphics applications MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RGB only Oki Colour Matching is a generally a good choice Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 40 RGB or CMYK If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop you may be able to use Soft Proofing to simulate the printed image on your monitor To do this you can use the ICC Profiles provided by Oki and then print using the ICC profiles as the Print Space or Output space MATCHING SPECIFIC COLOURS For instance a Company logo RGB only gt Oki Colour Matching and the sRGB setting PCL or PS driver gt PostScript Colour Matching using the Relative Colorimetric option gt Use the Colour Swatch Utility 1 to print out a chart of RGB swatches and enter your desired RGB values in your application s exec colour picker PRINTING VIVID COLOURS RGB only gt Use Oki Colour Matching with either the Monitor 6500k Vivid sRGB or Digita
158. w 6 When done click OK to close the printing preferences window Your new overlays are now ready and available to be used for any future documents you wish OVERLAYS AND MACROS gt 165 PRINTING WITH PCL OVERLAYS Once you have defined your overlays you are ready to use them for any documents you wish The example illustrated here uses two overlays for business letters The first prints on just the top page and the second prints on any or all subsequent pages 1 Prepare your document in the normal way using your own application software Remember if necessary to format the document so that it will fit nicely within the plain areas on your letterhead overlay Open your application s Print dialogue and choose any options you will require ensuring that the target printer is your PCL printer driver in which the overlays have been defined Click the Properties button to open the Printing Preferences window On the Overlay tab check the ee 1 Use active overlays checkbox 1 _ In the Defined Overlays list click on the first overlay 2 you wish to use and click the Add button 3 to add it to the Active Overlays list If you cent ete want a reminder of how this overlay looks click the Test Print button ist Page If you want to use another overlay with this document in this example it is the Continuation Page overlay click this overlay 4 in the list of
159. w User Jobs option button and enter your PIN in the text box provided After a short pause a list of your print jobs will appear In the list of print jobs select the job you wish to print and click Print Job s If necessary adjust the number of copies you want when the prompt appears After a short pause the selected document will print PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS gt 31 WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES Screen presentations of Windows 9x together with some procedures are significantly different than other versions of Windows 2000 XP etc This Chapter deals mainly with these variations If necessary reference should be made to the relevant subject or online help for more information PRINTER SETTINGS IN WINDOWS PCL OR POSTSCRIPT Two printer drivers are supplied with your printer one for PCL emulation and the other for PostScript 3 emulation If you print mainly from general Office applications choose the PCL driver For faster printing of PDF documents choose PostScript Also choose PostScript if you print mainly from professional DTP and graphics applications With both drivers if optional accessories such as a Hard Disk or Duplex unit are fitted ensure that they are enabled in the Start Settings Printers Properties Device options dialogue PRINTING PREFERENCES IN WINDOWS APPLICATIONS When you choose to print your Print KE document from a Windows pa 4 application program a print Situs D
160. ween users on different computers the driver must be adjusted on each user s machine The illustrations shown here are for Windows XP Other Windows versions may appear slightly different but the principles are the same PCL driver If you have installed a memory upgrade it is not necessary to change the PCL printer driver and you can ignore this section If you have installed a duplex unit or hard disk proceed as follows 1 Open the Printers window via the Start Menu or from the Windows SS ee ee Control Panel para Installed PaperTrays fT com i 2 Right click the printer icon for this sf printer and choose Properties from the pop up menu 3 On the Device Options tab check the box for the upgrade you have just installed ii Cancel T Heb 4 Click OK to close the properties window and then close the Printers window WINDOWS 9X DIFFERENCES gt 53 PostScript driver This driver must be adjusted for any upgrade just installed 1 Open the Printers window via the Start Menu or from the Windows Control Panel 2 Right click the printer icon for this printer and choose Properties from the pop up menu 3 On the Device Settings tab TL select the upgrade you have Se reset just installed from the list of paeme Installable Options Select E i zi Installed in the Change Settings for box 4 Click OK to close the Properties window and then close the

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